[johnnycab]

>I don't even remember what CPU do I have. All the romance is gone!

I don't particularly remember feeling romantic about processor naming schemes; I do remember certain processors for being workhorses. However, I would agree that today, one needs to acquire an informed view to discern processor design and performance, variously across different architectures and manufacturers, over a period of time.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/14043/upgrading-from-an-intel...

If you feel lost within the Intel naming convention, at least they provide a very handy guide.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/processor...

[bstar77]

If you owned a 286 or a slow 386, owning a 486 with math co-processor was definitely a romantic desire in 1990.

[phkahler]

>> If you owned a 286 or a slow 386, owning a 486 with math co-processor was definitely a romantic desire in 1990.

And the introduction of the 488sx shattered the dream of everyone finally having floating point hardware by default.