Re: OFF-TOPIC: hardware advice needed.
Go for the cheapest option, definately (I'm assuming that's the Celeron-option). And
get as much RAM as possible.
Just my 2c.
Sean
Hans van den Boogert wrote:
> Next week I'm going to buy a notebook (Acer Travelmate 510 series). If you
> could choose, what would you rather buy....
>
> 1) configuration with a Celeron 366,
> 2) configuration with a Pentium II 333.
>
> The price difference is about US$155, for which I could....
>
> - upgrade from 32 to 64 MB RAM
> - get modem and network PCMCIA cards.
>
> The rest of the spec is the same for both machines, so I'm just interested
> in your opinion regarding the performance of the Celeron and PII. In test
> reports it always comes up that performance between the Celeron and PII is
> very close and I wonder if this is true. I'm not cheap and I would happily
> fork over an extra US$150 if needed, but I rather put my money where it is
> most useful and RAM and PCMCIA cards are very useful. I have to note that
> I'm not that CPU-power hungry, but still....
>
> Thanks, -- Hans
>
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