2006-09-20 02:52:31 · 8 answers · asked by jmit1970 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
my dear friend
Intel has 2 technologies running.........one is Pentium, other is celeron.
Pentium has higher cache memory, faster speed, costlier
celeron has lower cache memory, slower speed, cheeper.
In time of Pentium 2, celeron is coming in frequency of 300 mhz , which is slower than Pentium 2 processor.
in current time, Pentium 4 is coming , but you can fine the Celeron processors with same Ghz speed as of Pentium 4.
the difference is cache memory only.
ok.........happy computing.
2006-09-20 02:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by shahjigu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the model. I have a 1998 Gateway PII 350 (recently upgraded to 400) that still works perfectly and is used as a fax machine/answering machine and also to get online via dialup when my main cable connection is out.
Amazing how Gateway had PII's in their computers when they weren't invented until 1990, huh Crown?
Also, "Note that the celeron chip was the first one to take advantage of the windows shutdown feature" Even a Pentium '1' had this feature if it was in a motherboard that had it - the processor had nothing to do with the computer's ability for a complete shutdown when chosen.. example: the ever popular Super 7 MBs with Pentiums - Socket 7, like the 200mmx would shut down just fine by choosing shut down in Windows and you never touched a button.
Finally, AMD Celerons do not exist - Intel made the Celeron
2006-09-20 03:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by The::Mega 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Pentium II were introduced in the early 1990's. Prior to that we had 286, 386, 486, the first pentium was the 586, then the nomenclature changed P166, P233, etc. The AMD Celeron was not introduced until mid to late 1990's and I believe the first celeron to make the public market was the Celeron 600. Note that the celeron chip was the first one to take advantage of the windows shutdown feature, and automatically shut off the system without user intervention.
2006-09-20 02:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes it is, but i wouldnt recommend you to get a celeron, stick with pentium.
2006-09-20 03:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by anonymous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P2 is old enough to make it irrelevant... I wont even bother using pc's that are older than P3.
Laptop maybe.
In either case anything that is near p3 or older is definately super cheap and often so cheap to be the price of lunch or less.
I actually bought sone p2/p3s at a garage sale.
I bought 7 pc's that were p2 for a total of $25.
if not for the monitors & printers (old also) I would have felt ripped off.
2006-09-20 03:48:02 · answer #5 · answered by pcreamer2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
@CrownPC
Celeron is an Intel processor.
NOT AMD.
I wouldn't have you as a technician.
Anyways, a celeron is basicly a pentium series chip with some stuff taken out to make it cheaper and slower.
Celeron: computing to the power of celery.
2006-09-20 03:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. But celerons still suck.
2006-09-20 02:54:24 · answer #7 · answered by vanman8u 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
P2 is older but they both have similar speed.
2006-09-20 02:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by Thor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋