Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 09:44:36 05/11/01
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Mr Veli, Dan Andersson is correct about the fact that the PIII is a more capable chip but realistically you will get a good game of chess on a 733 Mhz Intel Celeron chip with 128 Mb of RAM and a nice 20 to 30 Gb hard disk. You should put the money in the monitor--at least a 19 inch. Get Windows 2000 instead of Windows ME. My personal choice for a computer would be an Athlon 1.0 to 1.4 Ghz machine. That way you get a machine that would not be obsolete for at least another three years. You should also get a nice graphics card for it. In any case, I think that you will be OK with the Celeron and a nice monitor. NEC or Viewsonic monitors are great. Sony and Nanao monitors are twice the price. Tim Frohlick On May 11, 2001 at 10:38:12, O. Veli wrote: >Hello to all, > > I plan on buying a new computer which will mainly be used for chess and >Internet access. AFAIK there is no difference between PIII and Celeron at the >same speed for chess programs. Is that right? I do not want to spend more money >than I need to or buy a slower PIII chip instead of a faster Celeron. Thanks for >your time. > >Sincerely,
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