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[Guest]

What's the difference between Celeron and Pentium processors? I have a 2GHz
Celeron processor but is it the same as a Pentium?

 

[Paul Smith]

What's the difference between Celeron and Pentium processors? I have a
2GHz
Celeron processor but is it the same as a Pentium?

It's not the same no.

A Celeron is slower then a Pentium. If you wanna get into details it
basically has less onboard cache (memory).

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Yeovil, UK.
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[S.Sengupta]

Hi Dan,
Do some reading here:-

'What is the difference between a Pentium and a Celeron processor'

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question268.htm


regards,
ssg MS-MVP

 

[Guest]

I guess I can't download Microsoft.NET Framework then.

 

[Guest]

I guess I can't download Microsoft.NET Framework then. And just when I
decided I might buy and use NortonGHOST 9.0 as my backup utility.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Dan wrote

What's the difference between Celeron and Pentium processors? I
have a 2GHz Celeron processor but is it the same as a Pentium?

It's not the same no.

A Celeron is slower then a Pentium. If you wanna get into details it
basically has less onboard cache (memory).

I guess I can't download Microsoft.NET Framework then.

That's one of the strangest jumps in logic I have ever witnessed.
Yes - you can download the .NET Framework if you like. You have an
"underpowered" processor, not incompatible.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

What's the difference between Celeron and Pentium processors? I
have a 2GHz Celeron processor but is it the same as a Pentium?

Do some reading here:-

'What is the difference between a Pentium and a Celeron processor'

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question268.htm

I guess I can't download Microsoft.NET Framework then. And just when I
decided I might buy and use NortonGHOST 9.0 as my backup utility.

That's one of the strangest jumps in logic I have ever witnessed.
Yes - you can download the .NET Framework if you like.
You have an "underpowered" processor, not incompatible.
Same with Ghost - especially since that backs up your data on your hard
drive..

 

[Guest]

I don't know much about CPUs (yet), so are you saying I can use them but not
as efficient? What will happen?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

What's the difference between Celeron and Pentium processors? I
have a 2GHz Celeron processor but is it the same as a Pentium?

Do some reading here:-

'What is the difference between a Pentium and a Celeron processor'

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question268.htm

I guess I can't download Microsoft.NET Framework then. And just when
I decided I might buy and use NortonGHOST 9.0 as my backup utility.

That's one of the strangest jumps in logic I have ever witnessed.
Yes - you can download the .NET Framework if you like.
You have an "underpowered" processor, not incompatible.
Same with Ghost - especially since that backs up your data on your
hard drive..

I don't know much about CPUs (yet), so are you saying I can use them
but not as efficient? What will happen?

"As Efficient" implies you have something else to compare it to. If all you
have is a scooter, then everything you do will go at a scooters pace. But
if you have a racing motorcycle and the scooter then you know that the
racing motorcycle just passed the scooter on the track.. 8 times. heh

You can run whatever you want. Your processor will be able to run most
things you throw at it.. It only lacks cache (in general) in comparison to
other Pentium processors. What this means is that it can process less at a
given moment in time while more loads up in that small cache area it has.

You - unless you have two computers and one is a Pentium 3/4 (non-celeron)
and the other is the Celeron - will be unlikely to notice much as you are
used to the speed it runs at. It doesn't KEEP you from running anything (at
2GHz, even a celeron, I feel pretty confident saying that) - but know that a
true Pentium with all it's cached glory would run it better.

If I were you, I would install it and see how it runs. If you don't like
it - get rid of it and/or buy a new processor if your motherboard will
handle a real Pentium processor.

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