Re: Pentium vs. Celeron

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

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:28:17 -0500

"burning CD's" is why I said Celeron sux. 

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George Hester
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"Mitch Garvis, MCP" <MitchGarvisMCP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9A914528-97E9-4E99-8058-5B08C4BBFA33@microsoft.com...
> Hi Michelle,
> 
> I see that someone else has alread replied, but I read through it and fear 
> that it might be somewhat misleading.
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> I have checked the technical specs for the Inspiron 1150 and it does come 
> with two slots for DIMMs (actually SoDIMMs... the notebook version).  Choose 
> the single DIMM option.
> 
I don't agree with that.  If one DIMM can hold as much memory as 2 DIMMs then we really need to start looking at the speed of the memory.  They are likly the same.  But it is just my druthers that we have two or more DIMM slots.  For CD-BURNING and Video stuff they will find the Celeron a dog.  It is a low end Intel chip and will not scale well with future technology.  This is just my opinion of course.  Also resale of Celeron will be lame.
> I hope this has helped.  Anything further that I can help you with please ask!
> 
> Mitch
> 
> "Michelle" wrote:
> 
> > 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