is it worth $220 not to get a celeron?

[MrDingleDangle]

in a new dell notebook...im gonna get one from dell, and the celeron runs ~$200 less.

i dont use it much for games...just student stuff and lotsa matlab stuff for research

 

[KillaKilla]

Yes. Assuming that you do not need any power in the system, I would go for it.

How much is the sys in total? ($)

 

[HurleyBird]

only if you want 40% worse performance...

 

[MrEgo]

If you're not using it for anything CPU-intensive, $200 is a lot of money to save. I'd go for the celery if I was only going to use the notebook for research.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: HurleyBird
only if you want 40% worse performance...

Ditto.

If the laptop is already going to cost you $1300 or more, definately pay the extra. If it's a grand already, I'd go for it. If it's under $1000, then you really have to think about whether it's worth it.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i suggest getting a P4m even if it is clocked slower
just get the same P4m in that price range and you'll prob get similar performance if not more


you can also throw a Desktop P4 in a laptop if you don't care about power saving features and want to save a few bucks

 

[Corporate Thug]

for general use, celeron is ok

 

[Bateluer]

You could also look at a lower clocked Pentium M, but the celery is good for school stuff.

 

[JimRaynor]

celeron is probably fine.. probably gets better battery life too.

 

[ScrewFace]

It's a no-brainer. If you're not going to game than the Celeron is fine...if you want to game even casually the Pentium 4-M or the desktop Pentium 4 is the way to go.

 

[Evdawg]

Ok celeron sux.... end of story period, gg kthx. I'd rather have a 1.8 p4 than a 3ghz celeron *if there is such a thing*. the performance just ISNT there. But, if youre going to be writing papers and surfing the internet, listening to music and chatting. You will never know the difference. WHY DONT YOU GAME?!??! lol =) Good luck!

 

[Soulkeeper]

Originally posted by: Evdawg
Ok celeron sux.... end of story period, gg kthx. I'd rather have a 1.8 p4 than a 3ghz celeron *if there is such a thing*. the performance just ISNT there. But, if youre going to be writing papers and surfing the internet, listening to music and chatting. You will never know the difference. WHY DONT YOU GAME?!??! lol =) Good luck!

hahahahahaha "WHY DONT YOU GAME?!??! lol =) Good luck!"

hahahaha

 

[Peter007]

You know for the extra $220, you could build yourself a Brand new AthlonXP combo as a desktop.

Frys has AthlonXP 1800 + MB for only $70-80
All you need is some memory, HD, and a case..or yeah a good video card would be nice.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Peter007
You know for the extra $220, you could build yourself a Brand new AthlonXP combo as a desktop.

Frys has AthlonXP 1800 + MB for only $70-80
All you need is some memory, HD, and a case..or yeah a good video card would be nice.

He probably wants a laptop to take with him to class or what not.

 

[0roo0roo]

centrino if possible. its all about battery life and heat for laptops. that and noise

you don't need uber cpu power to run office apps and matlab, just money down the toilet. a laptop isn't an investment, if anything dies, from lcd to keyboard to whatever or you drop it, or spill something on it, its either not replaceable and the whole thing is basically trash or an extreme pain to fix. spend as little as you can get away with.

 

[Abhi]

Before deciding between a Celery and P4...
Take a look at the AMD machines also...

I assume you are buying the Inspiron 1100 from dell...

You could take a look at HP, will get AMD notebooks for almost the same money...

 

[dnuggett]

You could also look at a lower clocked Pentium M, but the celery is good for school stuff

The "lower clocked" Pentium M chip is about 160% faster than a P4 chip. For example a M @ 1.6 GHZ would be a P4 @ 2.56 GHZ

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

You could also look at a lower clocked Pentium M, but the celery is good for school stuff

The "lower clocked" Pentium M chip is about 160% faster than a P4 chip. For example a M @ 1.6 GHZ would be a P4 @ 2.56 GHZ

The Dell 600m is only 1300

 

[HurleyBird]

Originally posted by: dnuggett

You could also look at a lower clocked Pentium M, but the celery is good for school stuff

The "lower clocked" Pentium M chip is about 160% faster than a P4 chip. For example a M @ 1.6 GHZ would be a P4 @ 2.56 GHZ

wouldnt a 1.6 GHz PM be around the speed of a 3.6GHz P4 than?

also, i would think that a PM @ 1.6GHz would be closer to a 2.4GHz P4.

 

[pspada]

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