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I'm about to buy a laptop. I've always understood that a Pentium is the better of the two but don't really understand why. Can someone please explain the difference?
Thanks. Val
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Simply put, the Celeron is/was the low cost leader for the CPU and was performance wise noted at http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030217/
Since you never get to upgrade this part of the laptop without replacing the laptop, chose wisely according to your need.
Bob
Thanks Bob. I've just discovered that my daughter can get me a huge discount from her firm. That takes care of that but now I need to know about a wireless card. Off to Wireless networking.
You definitely don't want to buy a Celeron processor as that is a decontented Pentium 4.
However, you do need to make a wise decision on whether you want a destop replacement (hot and heavy) notebook using a desktop equivalent Pentium 4M cpu or a Pentium M (Centrino) notebook which runs much cooler, if thinner and lighter, and has a better power management system for wi-fi and other uses on a notebook.
Go to Intel.com to read the differences between the chips and the pluses for each.
You can get a built in Intel 2200b/g (g is the newer 54G standard which is up to 5x faster than the old b standard but you can use either) minipci wi-fi card in nearly any new notebook for $1,000 and up so that should not be a big issue.
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