OT: PIII vs Celeron

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 06:13:24PM -0400, Moniz Family wrote:
> Duncan MacGregor wrote:
> >RAM will mean a lot. You probably won't be able to tell the difference 
> >between the CPUs. 
> >
> >As an old friend once told me:
> >"In a virtual operating system:
> >If you think you need a faster processor, add memory.
> >If you think you need a faster hard drive, add memory.
> >If you think you need a faster  video card, add memory." 
> I guess I'll go with the PIII and more RAM. Are 512MB SDRAM sticks still 
> easy to get? The MB only has 2 DIMM slots, getting the highest available 
> is probably a good idea.

What chipset does the board for the P3 have?  It probably can't use
512MB sticks.  It might not even support the majority of 256MB sticks.

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Len Sorensen
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