Larry, from your article about Dell:
Dell also said the company would begin to sell some of its OptiPlex
desktop computers using the low-end Celeron chip, which Intel is expected
to introduce next week.
Gee, I guess Michael Dell and his company don't know what they are doing, do they, using this chip the naysayers call celery. I think the real big winner is going to be the Mendocino version of Celeron, out later this year. What's out now (next week) is Covington, the no-L2 cache chip. The strategy is right, however, as people moving from from P5 to PII, slot 1, can do so now real cheap, or wait for Mendocino later, which puts L2 cache back in with the processor. That will also be cheap. They can get a head start in migrating their hard drive, Zip, etc. data to the PII, load all their software and validate it runs on the PII (Duh, do you think it might not?). If someone buys a Covington system and finds a year or two down the road they want something faster, they can upgrade cheaply to Mendocino, or, for a few more bucks, a "full strength" PII. BTW, the slot 1 cartridge is completely easy to remove and replace on an upgrade, much easier than a slot 7 chip. It's practically idiot proof and anyone can do it. I see this as yet another slot 1, slot 2 advantage over socket 7. Ah, the roadmap is getting more and more clear and easy to read, from Celeron to Merced.
Dell's endorsement of Celeron could help sound the deathnell for Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Tony |
