| [ January ] |
Should Intel put
security features into its next chipset and CPU designs? |
| [ February ] |
Would you buy a Pentium
III system having a CPU user ID? |
| [ March ] |
As
charged by the FTC, has Intel used its CPU market dominance to
unfairly limit competition? |
| [ April ] |
Which version III CPU
provides the most significant advancement in PC CPU technology? |
| [ May ] |
Would you rather have
your next CPU in a socket
or slot configuration? |
| [ June ] |
How much will AMD's
K-7 CPU improve its competitive position against Intel? |
| [ July/August ] |
What do you think of
AMD's new name for the K7: ATHLON? |
| [ September ] |
How long can the AMD
Athlon hold its top speed title? |
| [ October ] |
Secretive CPU start-up Transmeta
receives another
patent without yet unveiling a single product.
Is Transmeta for real? |
| [ November ] |
Lead by Apple's iMac,
followed by Gateway's Astro, emachines' EOne, NEC's Z1
and others, the all-in-one computer trend is growing.
I want my next computer to be: |
| [ December ] |
We started 1999 with
CPU's at 450MHz, are finishing at
800MHz, and will see 1GHz by the end of next year.
Do
we really need all this speed? |
| January 1999 |
| Should Intel put
security features into its next chipset and CPU designs? |
NO: Intel should stay out of the encryption and copyright
protection business.
  78%
YES: I want better system stability and internet transaction
security.
12%
DON'T CARE: Intel's chipset & CPU security plans probably
won't affect me.
 10% |
|
 February
1999 |
| Would you buy a Pentium III system
having a CPU user ID? |
NO: I'm boycotting the Pentium III.
81%
YES: I want speed! I can always turn off the security feature.
10%
DOESN'T MATTER: It's inevitable. All E-commerce sites will
eventually require the customer ID feature, anyway.
9% |
|
|
March
1999 |
| As
charged by the FTC, has Intel used its CPU market dominance to
unfairly limit competition? |
YES: Intel has abused its monopoly power to stifle competition,
impeding technological advancement.
63%
NO: Intel has maintained its market leadership by innovating
better than its competitors and is entitled to protect its trade
secrets.
33%
NOT SURE: Who is Intel?
4% |
|
|
April
1999 |
| Which version III CPU provides the
most significant advancement in PC CPU technology? |
AMD K6-III: With full-speed
on-chip and tri-level cache.
52%
NEITHER CPU provides a significant enough performance increase
to rate a version III label.
32%
BOTH version III CPU's provide a significant performance
increase.
9%
INTEL Pentium III: With new 3D
instruction set and high-security CPU ID.
7% |
|
|
May
1999 |
| Would you rather have your next CPU
in a socket
or slot configuration? |
SLOT:
Better heat dissipation, more cache options, and easier CPU
upgrading.
39%
DON'T CARE: Whichever runs fastest or cheapest.
31%
SOCKET:
Less costly, older technology; slimmer configuration for notebooks.
29%
UNDECIDED: Whatever the market decides is OK by me.
1% |
|
|
June
1999 |
| How much will AMD's
K-7 CPU improve its competitive position against Intel? |
A LOT: AMD will finally catch Intel's PC market share.
65%
A LITTLE: An improvement, but not enough.
27%
NOT AT ALL: AMD will still be only second banana.
5%
IT WILL HURT: The K-7 will crash, burn, and take AMD with it.
3% |
|
|
July/August
1999 |
| What do you think of AMD's new name
for the K7: ATHLON? |
IT'S GREAT: Suggesting Olympian efforts and Herculean feats.
39%
IT'S OK: At least it's better than 'Celeron'.
34%
YUCK: Sounds like a foot fungus treatment.
27% |
|
|
September
1999 |
| How long can the AMD
Athlon hold its top speed title? |
Until at least the end of the millennium. 43%
Only until Intel unveils their next Pentium III.
29%
Forever.
28% |
|
|
October
1999 |
Secretive CPU start-up Transmeta
receives another
patent without yet unveiling a single product.
Is Transmeta for real? |
DON'T KNOW: I thought a transmeta was a ham radio in Brooklyn. 43%
MAYBE SO: They may be onto something, but I'm still sticking
with my Amiga.
21%
NO: It's a hoax. The plan is to build enough public speculation
to support a profitable IPO without actually doing anything.
20%
YES: It's for real. And it will blow the doors off Intel, AMD,
and every other CPU maker in the industry.
16% |
|
|
November
1999 |
| Lead by Apple's iMac,
followed by Gateway's Astro, emachines' EOne, NEC's Z1
and others, the all-in-one computer trend is growing.
I want my next computer to be: |
Plain, beige, and powerful.
70%
Sleek, black, and sexy.
23%
Cute, cuddly, and colourful.
5%
...a Sony Aibo!
2% |
|
|
| Polls
courtesy SparkLit.com |
