Re: Pentium vs Celeron

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:13:22 -0800

You're welcome, please, call me Michael!:-)

I've added some additional thoughts given "cquirke's" post and while I still
feel the Pentium 4 is going to be a better value it should be only one of
several considerations with regard to buying a computer. 

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Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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"MacKenrick" <MacKenrick@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Wow!!!
>
> Thanks everyone, for the great answers, suggestions and leads to sites 
> that
> have more information on the subject. Not only did I get the answer to my
> question but learned a whole lot more about processors from the added
> information posted.  I want to especially thank Jim Macklin for his very
> clear, concise answer to the basic question.  "Bottom-line , the Celeron 
> is
> fine for surfing and word-processing, but for big databases, spreadsheets
> and multimedia, the P4 will out perform by a strong margin."  I also 
> thought
> that Mike Solomon's very logical statement about price was a very good
> point, "You can purchase a Pentium 4 system for between $100 and $200 more
> than a comparably equipped Celeron based system.  At such a low
> differential, it simply doesn't make sense to get Celeron based system.".
> Thanks again for all the info.   Mac
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