Entry-level Pentium machines, which could be used as servers, are expected to be under $6,000.

My 3-year-old 90-megahertz Pentium machine was top dog in its day, and it still runs my old programs just fine.

Just two years ago, my 16 megabyte Pentium 90 machine was as powerful as you could buy.

On my Pentium 90 machine, Opera loaded in about 10 seconds, but so did the latest version of Explorer.

Support for Pentium machines will be available by the end of the year.

We know, for example, that the Pentium machines were 32-bit machines, and of course we now have 64-bit systems.

"The fact of the matter is, if you're a community organization, you don't need a 1.2-gigahertz Pentium machine for $1,000," he said.

With price expected to limit the market for the first Pentium machines, analysts said, computer makers would treat them as speciality, premium products.

The School has a well-equipped Computer lab with 26 networked Pentium machines.

How powerful is the Pentium machine?