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[Matt77]

All I can say is: Microsoft Bob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Veraster]

That computer is an ancient artifact. I'm interested to know the specs now.

 

[PP Mguire]

I'm going to guess P4 or Celery.

 

[Veraster]

I'm going to guess P4 or Celery.

those processors were horribly slow..
Why did they even name them after a vegetable that no one likes?

 

[PP Mguire]

They didn't, it's the nickname given to the Celeron back in the day by guys like me.

 

[Veraster]

They didn't, it's the nickname given to the Celeron back in the day by guys like me.

No I mean why did they name it Celeron? It's a weird name and it sounds like celery

 

[PP Mguire]

Intel hired marketing firm Lexicon Branding, which had come up with the name "Pentium", to devise a name for the new product. The San Jose Mercury News described Lexicon's reasoning behind the name they chose: "Celer is Latin for swift. As in 'accelerate.' And 'on.' As in 'turned on.' Celeron is seven letters and three syllables, like Pentium. The 'Cel' of Celeron rhymes with 'tel' of Intel."

 

[Matt77]

Heh. I've taken several years of latin, but it doesn't take a genius to realize that Celerons are NOT swift (celer )