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Celeron vs P4

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MikeF98765

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Ok, can anyone explain the differences between celeron and P4... My friend is looking to buy a laptop, and he's not much of a gamer, he needs it for school mostly, and he just wants it to last a long time, and do what he needs for the next few years.

I think he'd only need a celeron, but something tells me to tell him to get the P4...

Any input on the subject?
 
Celerons have less cache (128K as far as I know, compared to the 512K in modern P4s).

Their bus speed is also 400 Mhz, the P4s are 533/800 now.

My suggestion: P4 M.

edit: oops, scratch that, I meant a Pentium M.
 
you can buy some really low wattage celeron laptops that have great battery life, that might be a bonus for him. I've always liked the Celeron its not a powerhouse but a decent value and once upon a time one hell of an overclocker.
 
Originally posted by DXSE
you can buy some really low wattage celeron laptops that have great battery life, that might be a bonus for him. I've always liked the Celeron its not a powerhouse but a decent value and once upon a time one hell of an overclocker.
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Celerons have no value, I am afraid. The Northwood based Celerons are wonderful overclockers but in a laptop, this would be worthless. Instead of a Celeron system, I would recommend either AthlonXP-M, P4-M, or Pentium-M. However, one has to be a fool in order to buy a Celeron, period. They are just falling into Intel's marketing hype of "Bigger numbers=better".
 
if you want it to last a couple of years you have to think beyond the actual hardware working but also the pc still working with newer software that your friend will inevitably instal, so i say

P4
 
There was a thread here a while ago that had a link to a website that did a head to head between Celerons, Athlon XP, and the new Durons. All the CPU's they tested were sub $200, with one P4 thrown in for the hell of it. The fastest celerons couldn't keep up with the slowest of the new Durons... And, the new Durons cost less than the fastest celerons, by a very large margin.

So, if you're in a mobile environment, you're going to be clocking the thing down even further. Voila, you have a PII 450 with a TFT. :p
 
Originally posted by ’m‚³‚ñ
Ahhh, someone remembered the link. :D Or did you have it bookmarked? ;)
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I have the memory of a university student...I'm still not sure that this is a good thing.
 
Originally posted by Flipside
I have the memory of a university student...I'm still not sure that this is a good thing.
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lmao Welcome to the club. ;) Although, my memory is semi-photographic, I can't remember certain things, like homework... Or my mom's maiden name. o_O;
 
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