Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 16:22:13 06/23/02
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On June 22, 2002 at 13:38:11, Terry Ripple wrote: >If there isn't much of a difference between the two(Speed)? I can buy an -- >HP Celeron - 1300Mhz for $379 or a Compaq AMD XP Processor 1600+ which operates >at 1400Mhz for a price of $599. So, i was wondering if it is worth paying the >extra $220 for the AMD 1400Mhz. I will be using it more for chess and video >games than anything else! > >Note: They both have 256Mb Ram and 40Gb hard drives! > >Regards, >Terry Aside from the fact I personally would NEVER buy an off the self computer from Compaq or HP or anyother place (note that Compaq and HP are the same company now I belive), the AMD XP 1600+ is a vastly supior to the Celeron. The XP 1600+ compares to the 1.6 ghz P4, while the celeron is more compared to the Duron processors.
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