Different Processors with Excel...

[CLR]

Hi All..........

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of the advantages or disadvantages
of the different processors today, (Celeron, Centrino, P4, AMD, etc etc),
when being used with Excel. Particularly when using multi sessions of Excel
with complex workbooks.

TIA for any comments.........
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Alan]

I've used Pentium P1 to P4 and various Celeron processors in XL and I
haven't really noticed much difference in performance or speed of
calculations, even with array formulas which can be slow. I don't think XL
requires that much processor power, I may be wrong,
Regards,

 

[Guest]

CLR,

You'll start noticing performance differences in performance when you work
with LARGE numbers of data and formulas. The performance gains of TYPICALLY
sized workbooks aren't very noticeable from one generation CPU to the next,
assuming RAM size is identicle. Although, my rule of thumb: the faster the
clockspeed and the larger the RAM size, the more you can number crunch.
Also, with multi-core processors, 64-bit chips, and incorporation of new RAM
types (ie DDR2s), my mouth drools with anticipation....hehe.

Ron

 

[CLR]

Thanks for the comeback Alan...........I'm particularly interested that you
mentioned Celeron, as I am considering buying one to take to this one site
where the Client does not provide decent equipment. A laptop is just too
expensive, but I can get a dual-monitor 2GB Celeron machine fairly
reasonable. I was just wondering if anyone has had bad (or hopefully good)
experiences with one. Glad to hear yours was good.

Thanks again,
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[CLR]

I appreciate the input Ron, thanks........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the comeback Alan...........I'm particularly interested that you
mentioned Celeron, as I am considering buying one to take to this one site
where the Client does not provide decent equipment. A laptop is just too
expensive, but I can get a dual-monitor 2GB Celeron machine fairly
reasonable. I was just wondering if anyone has had bad (or hopefully good)
experiences with one. Glad to hear yours was good.

My machine is a 3 year old Dell 1.7GHz Celeron with multiple monitors
that I paid $299 for new. Works fine. I do have 768MB RAM, but
otherwise it's a pretty basic PC. I've never been able to see any
difference between it and a Pentium for "normal" software. I've read
that the Pentium will be faster for some video games and video editing,
but I've never had occasion to try either one.

Good luck...

Bill

 

[CLR]

Thank you kind Sir, I appreciate the info.........no "Game'r" here, just
planning on mostly Excel on two screens.......

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Amedee Van Gasse]

CLR shared this with us in microsoft.public.excel.misc:

Thanks for the comeback Alan...........I'm particularly interested
that you mentioned Celeron, as I am considering buying one to take to
this one site where the Client does not provide decent equipment. A
laptop is just too expensive, but I can get a dual-monitor 2GB
Celeron machine fairly reasonable. I was just wondering if anyone
has had bad (or hopefully good) experiences with one. Glad to hear
yours was good.

Thanks again,
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

I would be *really* interested in a 64 bit version of Excel that is
truly 64 bit optimi(s|z)ed and takes advantages of the 64 bit features
of an AMD64 or IA64 processor.
Unfortunately I fear this would imply a major rewrite...