i.e when Ghz stopped being a useful metric (or sole metric) for CPU we switched to other measurements, we did not redefine what Ghz represented. They really d

i.e when Ghz stopped being a useful metric (or sole metric) for CPU we switched to other measurements, we did not redefine what Ghz represented. They really did try to muddy the waters back when CPU clock was the only commonplace metric of CPU speed the general consumer would know about though -- as a couple examples, there was the AMD K5 PR200 which was a 133 MHz part but supposedly (according to the AMD marketing team, at least) competitive with a Pentium 200 MHz -- or the AMD Athlon XP 1700+, which does not run at 1.7 GHz as you might think but only about 1.4. They did stop short of outright calling it GHz, you're right, but clearly the intent was for the consumer to think that a Pentium 4 1700 MHz and an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ were comparable.