Re: Pentium vs. Celeron

From: George Hester (hesterloli_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:38:11 -0500

"...is a Pentium chip really worth the extra $275" - yipper - Celeron sux.

Dimm is a memory "format" construct whatever it has to do with memory.

Of course two is always better than one. 2 Dimm slots is way better than one.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=what+is+Dimm&btnG=Google+Search 

-- 
George Hester
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"Michelle" <Michelle@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:10B39171-1B23-4E0E-B9A0-5EFC8155073E@microsoft.com...
> I'm buying my college-age sister a basic laptop.  All she uses a computer for 
> is IM'ing (constantly), writing papers, burning CD's, playing solitaire and 
> surfing the net.  I was looking at a Dell Inspiron 1000 that has a 2.20 GHz 
> Celeron chip & 512 Mb Ram w/ 2 Dimms.  Or a Dell Inspiron 1150 that has a 
> 2.80 GHz Pentium chip & 256 MB Ram w/ 1 Dimm.  My question is...is a Pentium 
> chip really worth the extra $275 I would have to pay or can I make do w/ the 
> cheaper Celeron?  Also, what is a Dimm and are 2 Dimms better than 1?  That 
> is my "stupid question" for the day.  I would appreciate any help anyone 
> could give me.  Thanks!  -Michelle from NJ

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