<< They know the P4 is slow clock for clock. >>
How do you know that Intel knows this? Can you please back-up your statements with factual material, such as a link to a credible hardware review site that has done a thorough review of the P4. And when I mean credible, I mean someone like Anands, Tom?s, Ace?s etc?and not some, Oh?I got these benchmarks of a P4 from a reliable source stuff!
<< They have to manipulate the benchmarks the reviewers use to more closely match the ones the put up on their website. >>
Ok, I've read a few places taht Dell was submitting a P4 to pcmag for comparison with the Micron 1.2 GHz DDR and they pulled it when they found out the results - I will look for that snibet, but I'm pretty sure that somebody else around here has read it as well.
I agree with jhalada on the SPECview thing - I too would appreciate the winzip and winrar benchmarks, and maybe some SETI@Home or RC5 (I'm not too familiar with either of these - but they seem to place ultimate importance on the CPU)
This website is obviously not making him rich, or he probably wouldn't still be in college and working 80 hours a week. I have no factual information on this statement, but this would seem to be a logical conclusion to draw. If somebody has his income tax return, and would like to prove me wrong, please do so.