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Celeron compared to AMD
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I'm currently using a Pentium 2-350. I'm on a budget so even though I'd really like a Pentium 4 I may have to look at Celerons or AMD's. I was thinking of maybe getting a Celeron and updating it to a Pentium 4 later on. I found a local computer shop has something called "Transmeta" though I have no idea what they are like. I'm a part time IT student and I'm trying to start up a web development business using ColdFusion MX 6.1. What would be the best thing for me to look at? Thanks Peter Mount |
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"Peter" == Peter Mount writes:
Peter Hello I'm currently using a Pentium 2-350. I'm on a budget so Peter even though I'd really like a Pentium 4 I may have to look at Peter Celerons or AMD's. I was thinking of maybe getting a Celeron Peter and updating it to a Pentium 4 later on. I found a local Peter computer shop has something called "Transmeta" though I have Peter no idea what they are like. Transmeta is completely different animal. Great for low power devices. AMD is the clear winner in the value area. However, brought up a very good point the current upgrade path for 32bit AMD is completely dead. Well not completely dead if you purchase a low end 32bit AMD and then upgrade to a faster processor. With a celeron you could upgrade later to a P4 depending on the motherboard. Cheapest is probably AMD at the current time. Good luck Alan |
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On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 12:58:24 +1000, Peter Mount
wrote: Hello I'm currently using a Pentium 2-350. I'm on a budget so even though I'd really like a Pentium 4 I may have to look at Celerons or AMD's. I was thinking of maybe getting a Celeron and updating it to a Pentium 4 later on. I found a local computer shop has something called "Transmeta" though I have no idea what they are like. I'm a part time IT student and I'm trying to start up a web development business using ColdFusion MX 6.1. What would be the best thing for me to look at? AMD Athlon XP have 384KB Level 2 cache, compared to Celeron's 128KB level 2 cache. Hence AMD Athlon XP beats Celeron in terms of performance. However, Intel has very recently released Celeron D processors with 256KB level 2 cache, which now makes the Celeron more competitive in terms of price & performance. If it was up to me, I'd go for the AMD system, but that is because I've had Intel all my life, and want to try something different. Good luck! Buck -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ |
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