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Intel, PC Makers Sued Over P4 Performance


http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104075,tk,dn081602X,00.asp

by Tom Mainelli, PCWorld.com  Friday, August 16, 2002


Customers seek class action status in charge that vendors misrepresented 

the power of Intel's top chip.


A small group of PC owners has quietly filed a class action lawsuit 

against Intel, Gateway, and Hewlett-Packard alleging the companies 

misled them into believing the Pentium 4 was a superior processor to 

Intel's own Pentium III and AMD's Athlon.


The complaint--Neubauer et al v. Intel et al--was filed June 3 in the 

Third Judicial Circuit in Madison County, Illinois. The case is in limbo 

awaiting a ruling on whether it belongs in a state or federal 

jurisdiction, and has not yet achieved class action status. It came to 

light this week after a copy of the complaint was sent to PCWorld.com 

anonymously.


The plaintiffs claim the companies deceived the public when marketing 

Intel's flagship processor and allege that it is "the material fact that 

there is no benefit to consumers in choosing the Pentium 4 over the 

Pentium III." The complaint alleges that "the Pentium 4 is less powerful 

and slower than the Pentium III and/or the AMD Athlon."




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