Need Help, Pentium 967 vs Celeron 877?

[Gearbox]

I want to pick up one of the new Acer 756 Netbooks with the ULV Intel CPU's and was having a little trouble figuring out the difference between the Pentium 967 and the Celeron 877 CPU's (other than the slight difference in clock speed). I looked on the Intel website and both chips look identical except the Celeron has VT and the Pentium does not (actually I compared a P-967 to a C-867 because the C-877 is not listed).

I remember a few years ago a Celeron was the same chip as the Pentium but with some of the internal memory disabled so it could be sold at a lower price point. When comparing these two chips today they appear identical except the Celeron has VT enabled, so at the same clock speed the Celeron would seem like the better chip?

Is there something I am missing? I figure if anybody knew they would be here on the AnandTech Forum. Thanks in advance for your help

 

[Zap]

I don't see a Celeron 877 listed, but do see a Celeron 867 listed.

Pentium 967 and Celeron 867
Sandy Bridge
dual cores
2MB cache
1.3GHz
17W

They are the same?

Celeron 867

Pentium 967

 

[ninaholic37]

From what I read, Celeron 877 is 1.4GHz and Pentium 967 is 1.3GHz, but Pentium 987 (which is also being sold with the Acer 756 11.6") is 1.5GHz.

http://www.netbooknews.com/49793/ac...ook-with-intel-celeronpentium-cpus-presented/

The chips are mentioned here too:

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Celeron_Dual-Core/Intel-Mobile%20Celeron%20877.html
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_Dual-Core/Intel-Pentium Mobile 967.html
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_Dual-Core/Intel-Pentium Mobile 987.html

They all seem to use the same base clock with a different multiplier (13, 14, and 15). It looks the line between Celeron and Pentium is beginning to blur?

 

[Gearbox]

Thanks for the feedback. Since both chips have similiar spec's I went with the Celeron 877 system because it has the faster clock and was $30 cheaper than the Pentium 967system. I'm pretty sure there are no Acer Netbooks with the Pentium 987 chips available yet.

I wanted a small Netbook that I could stuff in a backpack for and upcoming trip. I liked the Acer A0756 because it came with 4GB but could also be upgraded 8GB down the road. Eventually I would like to add a SSD as well.

Thanks again for the help,
Ron G.

 

[thesix13]

I'm thinking of getting the same laptop, for the same reason. haha! heading to europe for a month.

Just wondering how the battery is working out. would have been sweet if they could have made it a 6 cell.

Hope you're having a good trip, if you've left yet.