kirkc

Fatman said:

I believe it simply overclocked the processor. I always wondered why you would want it off - to work slower? LOL

It was usually to underclock the processor (when not on turbo) to 4.77Mhz, the clock rate of the original IBM PC and XT (5150/5160). A lot of the early software (notably, games) written for the PC/XT computers implicitly relied on the clock rate for timing and ran too fast when executing on newer and faster processors. Thus, the turbo button enabled the user to slow down the processor to PC/XT speeds for compatibility purposes.

Translation: we already know so much about you from tracking your searches, browsing habits, location, purchasing habits, etc. that we don’t need to do this anymore.