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13-Jul-2005, 04:34 PM #1
Celeron or Athlon
Hi Folks,

I am deciding on an eMachine computer.

Which do you like for a processor, Celeron or Athlon?

Thanks,

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13-Jul-2005, 05:50 PM #2
Athlon.
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13-Jul-2005, 07:07 PM #3
Athlon, no question. Celerons are good, solid processors, but low-end. Athlon for sure, but even more so if you use any graphics-intensive apps.
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15-Jul-2005, 08:13 AM #4
Thanks very much..........

But I already got a computer with a celeron processor.

The Celeron is 2.9 GHz. Could it be that bad with 2.9 GHz?

I do some web designing. Nothing to fancy.
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15-Jul-2005, 09:40 AM #5
Athlon. as long as athlon is above 2.2GHz
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15-Jul-2005, 12:17 PM #6
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Originally Posted by changintimes
Thanks very much..........

But I already got a computer with a celeron processor.

The Celeron is 2.9 GHz. Could it be that bad with 2.9 GHz?

I do some web designing. Nothing to fancy.
Though consumers tend to look at CPU speed above all else when assessing system speeds, there are many other factors that influence how fast a system is, and many better measures. A Celeron will perform overall much more poorly than an Athlon of equivalent "speed".
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15-Jul-2005, 02:02 PM #7
Which is why a 2.2GHz+ Athlon will beat a 2.8 or even more celeron.
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16-Jul-2005, 03:48 PM #8
emachines are good for surfing the net and that's about it. all the hardware in them is the cheapest possible. wouldn't take one if it was given to me.
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16-Jul-2005, 07:32 PM #9
HP is worse. Emachines gets really nice reviews actually in the pc magazine. HP gets worse. By all means build your own if u can.
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17-Jul-2005, 11:29 PM #10
i like all of my hp's and my friends all hate the emachines, I think it may have more to do with properitery
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17-Jul-2005, 11:30 PM #11
Proprietary WHAT? These all use standard parts.
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17-Jul-2005, 11:31 PM #12
I, and about 20 other friends, colleages, will never buy HP computers again. We are cool w/ their printers, but we will never buy the PCs again. The emachines are better in our opinion, but we would all build before buying any pre-built computer.

Proprietary software prolly.
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17-Jul-2005, 11:34 PM #13
What proprietary software does an eMachine have that every other machine doesn't?
They all run Windows with a few extra ads bundled in.
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18-Jul-2005, 08:27 AM #14
It is true, they all come with a bunch of ads preloaded. I was just trying to say that that might have been what danny was saying.
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18-Jul-2005, 04:25 PM #15
Yeah, I just don't understand what he means. None of these are 'proprietary' systems.
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