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    News Sealed AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU stands the test of time — 22-year-old single-core "Thoroughbred" relic has never been turned on

    I never thought I'd do this, but I signed up to whine about how bad this article is. Lack of SSE2 was never a problem at this time given it was just recently introduced. There was no concept of 'base' or 'boost' -- these constructs wouldn't be introduced for another two (?) generations. The...