Which is preferred for casual use, P4-2.26GHz or CeleronD 2.93GHz? I have 1 GB DDR 2100 RAM.?
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P4's are always faster than Celerons, even if they are stuck with a 133 (what Intel calls a 533, which it isn't) FSB.  I would recommend you buy the fastest socket 478 P4 that has a 133 FSB, which is quite a fast processor, actually: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.aspx?ID=121 \nIt's not a cheap one, but it's fast, overclockable, and is the only 133 FSB P4 with HyperThreading.  Here's the entire Socket 478 page at that same site: http://www.starmicro.net/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=28&WebID=c8f49aa1-ed21-471c-9699-530e75f98fa6 They are reputable, and have pretty good prices, along with ALOT of P4's & Celerons.
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I prefer my Pentium 4. It has-\n\n3.00 GHz (Reports of up to 4.00 GHz succesful overclocking!)\n800 MHz FSB\n1 MB L2 Cache (I'd have prefered two, but whatever)\n478-Pin (I think...)\nHyper-Threading (Doesn't work well with windowed 3D stuff though)
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laptop processors naturally are slower than desktop ones. I'm sure Amd can run all the applications intel can. your celeron probably can't run some programs smoothly but it can probably run them slowly.
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The Turion has 2 x 256kb L2 cache.\nThe Core 2 Duo has 2 x 2048kb L2 cache.\nBetter battery life in the Core 2 Duo\nno applications to run on the 64 bit as yet.
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You can think of a Celeron as a stripped down pentium. For chips at the same processor speed you will see that the level2 cache is less and the supported bus speeds are less.
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neither!\nyou hardly need 2GB RAM in a notebook, and secondly a 7200RPM disk is not that faster as a 5400RPM and btw you lose 20GB.
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It Doesnt Matter The Ram Speed In Each Slot\nBut The Ram Chipsets Must Be The Same\nIf Its A 4chip Ram Both Might Be\nAnd if Its 8 Chip Then Both Must Be\nThe Probelm With Intel Celeron Is Its Cachmemmory\nU Can Get Over That Problem By Increasing Ram\nThe Best Brands U Can Buy Is "Kingstone,Spectec"\nU Can Buy Any Hardware From Ebay.com\nand Dont Hear Anymore Answers
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To add on the posts above.  Yes you will want to get the faster RAM, especially if your motherboard supports that bus speed.  Even if your motherboard's bus speed is slower, get the faster RAM, it will slow itself down automatically to operate with your system, but if you ever decide to overclock your FSB, then you won't have to worry about frying the RAM modules.\n\nFor reference, 266MHz RAM is referred to as PC2100, and 333MHz is referred to as PC 2700.  PC 3200 is 400MHz and it goes on.  \n\nThere are other factors to the speed of a RAM module that are often overlooked.  Make sure you purchase low-latency RAM.  It will be a bit more expensive, but well worth it.  The cheap RAM is called high-density, then you have low-latency and ultra low-latency (may be others).  Also, make sure you check the SPD timings (Serial Presence Detect), and compare them.  The lower the numbers, the faster the RAM.  Hope this was informative enough.  Good luck.
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Celeron's are a family of lower-cost Pentium chips from Intel.\n\nI think the Celeron M is supposed to be a low power chip used in notebooks.\n\nThe Celeron D is a 64-bit processor (I dont know if it's a dual core, dont think so)
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It says on the case of my Doom 3 that the minimum cpu requirement is P4 1.5GHz or Athlon XP1500+...\nAre you sure you're not running it on your P4?  \nFess up, you've mixed your machines up - too many late nights on Y! Answers.\n\nI wonder if downgrading the resolution possibly puts some additional loading on the cpu - it has the overhead of conversion from the "natural" resolution?  On a lower power cpu (and in this context the P3 qualifies) the cpu then becomes the bottleneck.\nThe 9250 is fairly recent and although not fast, I think it has full hardware  support for directX9.0b. \nSo I'm speculating that even with medium quality 1024x768 it's the cpu that's limiting the system - but as it's not having to tweak the graphics it' actually has less to do.\n\nIt would be interesting to know how the 9250 compares to the 9550 you appear to have fried last week...
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Yes 1.4 Ghz is fine for casual computing tasks like surfing, chat etc. Besides on a laptop processors usually have a failsafe feature that won't allow it to exceed certain speeds because of the heat it will generate. So even if the manufaturer says it's rated at 1.x Ghz, in reality the processor will be by default limited to about 80% of that figure for most of the time. Unless you're going to do 3d modelling or video editing, it really isn't a big deal save for the price.\n\nSince you have 512MB memory, then that's good to go.
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Basically, Celeron this the cheap-ass processor.  Celerons are the lowest of the low with slow speeds, higher crash rates, and basically only enough power for a user of only e-mail, internet surfing, and pinball...nevermind high-graphic games like Quake 4 or Sims 2.  Centrino processors are built specifically for laptop computers so they are great on power consumption and heat (or, less heat, for that matter).  The Centrino processors also have WiFi capabilities (wireless interet/networking, as long as you have a router at home or are in a WiFi-enabled building (e.g., certain Starbucks coffeeshops).  Go with Centrino, my friend!, hands down.
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THE INTEL DUO CORE IS MUCH MORE BETTER THAN INTEL PENTUM M \n\nIT RUNS AT 667MHZ  FSB AND M RUNS AT MAX 400MHZ
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Well, I advice HP. And also the following;\nIntel Centrino >= 1.7GHz\n>= 512MB RAM (1GB Recomm)\nWin XP Pro\n15.4 WXGA
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T2400 runs at 1.833GHz\nT2500 runs at 2.000GHz\ndo the math\n((2000 - 1833) / 1833) * 100 = 9.11%\n\nit's not worth to upgrade from T2400 to T2500 (it's $120) according to the prices from newegg\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?N=50001157+2000340343+1050719930&Submit=ENE&Subcategory=343&Manufactory=1157\n\nyou better upgrade the Ram from 1GB to 2GB\n\nedit:\none thing to remember. the Core Duo processor doesn't support 64bit operation (EM64T is not implemented like in the P4 series 6xx) so you can't upgrade to Windows Vista.
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Well, while the P4 is technically faster, the AMD has always been better at 3d graphics (for reasons unknown, or rather, for reasons too closely guarded by AMD to be known). So in games, the AMD would be slightly faster, in other applications, the P4 would be slightly faster. Unless of course, you got your hands on a 64 bit version of xp, or vista, when it comes out. The AMD cpu, being a 64 bit processor, would be able to take better advantage of it than the P4... and that's where it starts getting complicated... but let's forget that. If it's games you want, go with the AMD, the edge is slight, but it's there. Take good care of it, though, AMDs put out a lot of heat, and like to burn themselves out. Invest in a good heatsink.
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There are a lots of difference between the other processor's cache and celeron's cache. It's less performing and small in size. Celeron has less Cache so that they can sell processors in cheap price. And most of all the processors with small cache size are focused to serve any special purpose. But for multipurpose computers it isn't a good thing to have less cache and all levels. More information can be found in the processor's manufacturer's web site.