IBM Z60T Thinkpad: IS the Celeron 1.4ghz even worth it?

[WayneTeK]

I'm trying to buy something for my sister as a gift and i was wondering if the 1.4ghz Celeron they offer was even worth it.

I know Celerons' suck, but i jus twanted a second opinion.

http://www-131.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store...1000073&categoryId=4611686018425039802

 

[dexvx]

According to the latest Anandtech review, it performs on par with a Mobile Sempron64 2800+.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Performance is okay, but since it does not underclock battery life is pretty crappy overall.

If you get her a 1.4 C-M, you can always upgrade to a P-M later. IMO, the Pentium M is the better choice regardless. Someone is selling their 1.6GHz 533MHz FSB here for $110, you could drop that in and sell the Celeron M

 

[bearxor]

The CeleronM has a bad rep simply because of the Celeron name. It's a decent processor, and the processor itself passed as a PentiumM as late as twelve months ago, except with speedstep.

The 1.4ghz might just surprise you with it's performance, and you could always pinmod it to 1866mhz for a free speed increase if you're daring and if the platform supports 533mhz FSB, which I'm getting a hint from fbrdphreak that it does.

 

[WayneTeK]

thanks.. i decided to get the ASUS W5A..

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: bearxor
The 1.4ghz might just surprise you with it's performance, and you could always pinmod it to 1866mhz for a free speed increase if you're daring and if the platform supports 533mhz FSB, which I'm getting a hint from fbrdphreak that it does.

Yep Z60t uses the 915GM chipset, so 533MHz FSB is supported