On 4 Apr 2003, at 22:57, David Pray wrote:

> what is the difference between the two & is it worth the extra money
> for the pentium

  Historically, Intel introduced the Celeron name in an attempt to segment
the market, differentiating business machines from home computers even
though they run the same range of OSes and applications.  The Celeron
sacrifices some internal performance in exchange for less expensive
fabrication and assembly, allowing it to be sold for less.

  There are two ways you can look at this split:

1.  Business makes more demanding use of the machine
  It's true that some business applications do place a heavy demand on the
machines used for those applications.  But many business computers -- quite
possibly, the vast majority -- are used only for routine correspondence, web
browsing, and relatively undemanding office applications.  Home machines, on
the other hand, may be more likely to be asked to run multimedia
applications or the latest games, which want to wring every shred of
performance from the CPU, graphics subsystem, and sound card.

2.  Home users are more cost-conscious
  It's true that the home market is probably more price sensitive than the
business market.  Businesses are better equipped to purchase more powerful
machines for more demanding applications, while home users are more likely
to buy what they can afford and then try to make it do the things they
bought it for.

  There have been times when the Celeron really did give more "bang for the
buck" than the Pentium line.  But generally, at any given moment the Pentium
will offer higher performance (even at the same clock speed), and the
Celeron will offer lower price.
  Whether the price difference is justified will depend on how important
each of these qualities is to you.

David Gillett

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