If your main focus is 3D gaming, then [the PIII] is going to be worth the investment, but if you're a mainstream PC applications user you aren't going to see a huge boost in performance.

If Intel had delivered these two chips on time, it would have really opened up a performance gap with AMD's K6-2.

The software guys haven't been shooting high enough. But as the performance available becomes higher, someone out there will be smart enough to take advantage of it. Of course, if they're not Microsoft, that could be tough.

Even though the original IBM 801 processor was never used in a production system, it did become the basis for IBM's later Power and PowerPC RISC processors.

With such limited upfront investment, we believe that it is at least worth a shot.

It was definitely an investment that was well worth it.