On a quiescent systemwith a 1.1GHzIntelPentium-IIIprocessor, the processor usageofthe FadingTooltipwidgetdoes indeedseem to be negligible, as shown in Figure6.
The standard was raised six times during the Clinton administration, the last of which raised the tier-three requirement to 85, 000 MTOPS, about the level of a networked system with 32 IntelPentiumIII chips.
In the wake of Intel's PentiumIII launch, a slew of product announcements and upgrades have ensued, upping the ante on the desktop question of whether to buy now or wait for the maximum-performance chip set.