Celeron D Processor

[Lavert]

Can anyone give advice on using a computer with the Intel Celeron D
Processor? Office Depot has a HP Pavillion a1100y Desktop Computer Package
with this processor on sale with an after rebate price of $279.99.
Processor operates at 2.86Hz. 512MB memory. 40GB hard drive. CD-RW drive
with Windows XP Home with SP2. HP v15c 17" CRT monitor.

Computer will be for wife. No extensive game playing, minimal word
processing, and surfing the web will be the extent of use. Appreciate any
pros and cons. Thank in advance.

 

[Richard Urban]

For what you want, any low end PC would be just fine. Make certain that the
computer comes "with" an operating system - Windows, if that is what you are
familiar with. Many low end systems now come with Linux - not a beginners
O/S. It's your choice.

The problem is, people advance yet their low end PC can not be upgraded due
to hardware deficiencies, disk space etc.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Lavert]

Richard:

Thanks for your reply. I assume that you are saying the Celeron D processor
will be fine for my wife's use?

 

[Richard Urban]

Absolutely!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Mac]

Richard:

Thanks for your reply. I assume that you are saying the Celeron D processor
will be fine for my wife's use?

I'm familiar with these $300 computer/moitor/printer packages. I
bought my son one last year.

Subtract about 20% from a Celeron in GHz to get a comparison the a
Pentium 4. You still have a heck of a goof computer - certainly more
than you need for the needs you mention.

Also there are similar packages with an AMD processor. Do not compare
GHz between an Intel processor and an AMD processor and figure it is
straight up. It's apples and oranges. For example an AMD Athlon 3200+
runs at 2.2 GHz. However AMD with the name (3200+) is more or less
saying "this is kind of the overall speed of an Intel 3 - 3.2 GHz P4".
The bargain AMD processor that you might see in one of these $300
packages would probably be a Sempron (maybe a Sempron 2800+), and is
not as "bad" vs an Athlon as a Celeron is vs a P4.

....B.M.

 

[Lavert]

Mac:

Thanks for your reply. Think wife will be happy with one this over a 1999
Pentium with Win 98SE.

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Lavert Y Bryant
Powder Springs GA 30127