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Gerard Coorne wrote:
> BP wrote:
>
>> "esara" <esara123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:fd7d27e7.0404210756.401d9281@posting.google.com...
>>
>>> Hi
>>> I have heard that Celeron CPU is not good. Why Celeron CPU does have
>>> good name?? I have found this CPU is good price and the spec of this
>>> CPU is good, so why people do not like it.
>>>
>>> Intel Celeron 2.4 FSB 400 128k C$(102) Canadian
>>>
>>> I want to build a pc that is used for basic things (internet + office)
>>>
>>> thanks a lot.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Celeron is what is commonly known as a crippled chip. It is
>> manufactured
>> to be cheap to buy. They do this by leaving out some of the technology
>> that
>> makes a better chip perform faster and more efficiently. The Celeron is
>> perfect for low power internet machines and that is what they are sold
>> for.
>> Just don't expect any performance out of the thing. Load a behemoth
>> like the
>> Encyclopedia Britannica and you can make lunch while you wait for it to
>> load. The other post is correct, you can build a much better performing
>> machine for the same money if you look a alternate chips.
>>
>>
> BUT the Celeron is easier to install as its die is protected by the
> shield whereas the Athlons' dies lie open... waiting to be damaged;-)
Only if you're a cak-handed gorilla. Assuming you have have reasonable
control over your own limbs and can tell the difference between a
screwdriver and a chainsaw you shouldn't have a problem.
> So it's either a Pentium/Celeron or a (equally shielded) Athlon 64...
>
> Gérard