Does P4 deliver on performance promise? Yes and no

MaximumLinux: “Intel wrested the clock-speed crown back from AMD on Monday by releasing the long-awaited Pentium 4 at
1.5GHz. Unlike the Pentium II and Pentium III, which use the same essential architecture as the five-year-old the
Pentium Pro, the Pentium 4 introduces a host of new features and is truly Intel’s first new 32-bit chip.”