Purchasing a new Laptop / Deciding on the Processor

[hardy]

I'm trying to decide on the processor.

Intel® Celeron® processor 900
or
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor

I know all in all the dual-core is the better choice. But the Celeron has improved a lot, coming out with the 900 which has pretty good performance.

What are your thoughts?

[budz]

Get a Core 2 Duo E5200 cpu which is much better than a celeron. There's not much price difference between a celeron and the E5200. For a few bucks more the E5200 is the best bang for the buck!

I just used a E5200 cpu for a mini itx system because it runs cooler than my E6400 cpu which is a 65nm cpu. All the celeron's are 65nm which will give off more heat than E5200 cpu which is 45nm.
Just my 2 cents!

[TBoneit]

budz: it's a laptop

ally68: Get the dual core. Laptops are not easy to upgrade later if at all.
Down the road you will wish you had more speed. My rule of thumb on laptops is get the best you can afford.

Cheers

[budz]

^^^she didn't have the title as a laptop when she first posted it? Unless I didn't see correctly because I was using my mini itx system on the 32 inch LCD TV and I didn't have my glasses on!

[hardy]

Intel® Celeron® processor 900
Features a 800MHz frontside bus, 1MB L2 cache and 2.2GHz processor speed

The speed is right up there with the dual-core.

[MJA]

you can get a Core 2 Duo for less than $500

Lenovo G530-444638U Intel Core 2 Duo


TBoneit is right .it's not easy to update laptops(beside memory/harddrive)

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-TechBargains&cm_mmc=AFC-TechBarga...82E16834146582

3GB RAM; 250GB HDD; DVD burner; 802.11n; Windows XP Professional; 6-cell battery

[hardy]

What are some good sites for buying laptops? Best Buy has some pretty decent prices.

[MJA]

whats your budget by the way??

Dell,Lenovo.HP

http://www.techbargains.com/laptopcomputernotebookreview.cfm

I helped my boss buy the Dell business edition laptop .no trial software(crapware) for $499

Core 2 Duo web cam,2 operation system xp,and vista ,dvd burner slot load ,firewire port,,,,

[hardy]

I can find a good one for $500 or less

[MJA]

I think the lenovo from newegg.com isn't bad