Celeron compared to AMD

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?

Thanks

Peter Mount

"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

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

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