Re: [PLUG] Anybody ever buy one of those Walmart PCs?

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Gregson Helledy wrote:

> This Slashdot article:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/0554230&mode=thread
> covers an Anandtech article on Celeron performance.  It compares
> the new 2+ GHz Celerons to Duron, AthlonXP and Pentium 4 chips, and
> offers explanations as to the differences.  Let's just say that the 
> Celeron didn't do that well.
>
>  

The following quote from the article mentioned above is good news to me 
since I selected a AMD Duron CPU for my father's PC.  Of course, I 
wasn't even considering an Intel CPU.  The choice was between a Duron 
and an Athlon.

"The conclusion we can make from all this is that the Duron processor is 
a solid purchase. If you have the extra 40 to 50 dollars to spend, a 
Barton processor would be a nice addition to any system for that added 
dimension of performance to a tightly budgeted system. Hopefully, system 
builders will take note and start offering better performing systems for 
an even lower price based on the Duron processor rather than the 
Celeron. For those who want the cheapest possible system, AMD will give 
you the best performance every time."
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