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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Vendit™ who wrote (10704)	3/19/2000 6:32:00 AM
From: ISOMAN	Respond to of 14778

Hey thanks Vendit, I may just take you up on that... appreciate it.

To: Vendit™ who wrote (10704)	3/19/2000 12:36:00 PM
From: Michael G. Potter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

A Celeron is a Pentium II with 1/2 the cache but with the cache running at 100% of the processor speed (Pentium II cache runs slower). In typical office applications, a Celeron outperforms a Pentium II at the same speed and is just about as fast as a Pentium III. It is possible that a Pentium I-166 is as fast as a Celeron machine, but that has nothing to do with the processor. The amount of memory, the hard drive type, the number of programs preloaded into memory, the actual program being run, all of these are factors that influence speed. If the only difference was the processor, then a Celeron will be much faster than a Pentium-166. Michael ps - although Dell does spend money on advertising, they also get much lower prices due to their purchasing power. They also do a great deal of testing to make sure that everything works well together. If you count the software that comes with the Dells (many have a full version of MS Office), then you are getting a pretty good deal.

To: Vendit™ who wrote (10704)	3/19/2000 2:55:00 PM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

I own 3 PCs. My first was a P-I 166 with 80 MEG RAM. I also own A Celeron 466 with 24 MEGS RAM. My P-I 166 runs as fast or faster than the Celeron and is much more reliable. Hmmm, your Celeron 466, slower than a Pentium 166? I don't think so. I would not consider 80MB vs. 24MB RAM to be a fair comparison IMHO. The truth is, Celerons since the 300A model have used the same die as the Pentium 2 and are pretty darned nearly equal in performance for a given speed. In my opinion, Celerons offer excellent value and performance. Isoman: the bottom line is that any of the currently-offered processors should be able to run your application just fine, as long as you have sufficient RAM memory. The current processors start around 400MHz speed and go upwards from there, depending on how much you want to spend.