Defense proposal would classify any PC with a chip more powerful than a Pentium 3 as a weapon.

I missed this last week when it was first posted, and found it tonight, and am wondering just how many of you dear readers are still using such a horrible weapon.

"Today, computer sellers are required to get a license to export any computer with performance equal to or greater than a system with 32 Intel Itanium processors. The current version of the defense authorization act would lower that limit to systems deemed "militarily critical" by the Department of Defense. That level is currently set to the equivalent of a computer using a Pentium 3 processor running at 650MHz, state of the art in 1999 but considered feeble today."

I remember when the 486DX16 was still listed for non-export because it could, then, handle real-time missile tracking.

--WP