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Technology Stocks : Intel Corporation (INTC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jmac who wrote (63288)	8/24/1998 9:17:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jmac, "My sister wants this computer to last until the Merced makes its way into the PC mainstream (est. 2002 according to PC World). I wouldn't want her to have to upgrade just because I told her to save $100 by getting a Celeron A. You're right, the Celeron A does appear to be a much better idea than the Celeron was. But, if I were Intel, I would have marketed it under a new name. "Celeron" is already to known to many to be a poor chip and folks will have to research what the Celeron A is all about. In addition to the difference between the 128k and 512 cache, I am told that she should get a machine with the 100Mhz bus and I don't think that is available with the Celeron A. I say these words and I am not sure what I am saying but it sure does sound good." 3 years to the Merced is a long time. That said, it's very hard to know what upgrades you need or want to do. If you buy an off the shelf Celeron A unit you'll likely get a motherboard capable of running a 66Mhz bus and 66Mhz RAM. That is a dead end. If you have a clone builder build you a Celeron A 333 unit based on a "BX" motherboard and PC100 RAM you'll have at least an upgrade path at a later date to a Pentium II 450 when the price of this chip is considerably lower. Jim