Rob,
Check out www.anandtech.com  for some really good comparisons/reviews of
CPUs and other hardware. I'm running a 1ghz AMD Athlon Thunderbird myself,
and I love it. I've been an AMD fan for years.
Glenn


> I realize that this subject has been discussed before, but at that time i
> wasn't in need of building a new computor. Would appreciate it if it could
> be explained what the differences are between all the different cpu's on
the
> market today, Thunderbird, Athlon, Duron, (which I realize are AMD) the
> pentium chips (III & IV), celeron, coppermine, etc.
> My system will be used for small business applications, which include
> extensive internet useage, spreadsheets, databases, some number crunching,
> web page design and of course wordprocessing. I also will be running the
> "seti" program in the background.
>
> I would also appreciate a recomendation as to a monthly computor
magazine(s)
> that will help me to stay on top of changes to come.

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