[SLE] Celeron or PIII for SuSE Linux
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux. Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)? I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications. Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card? Sincerely, Sasa -------------------------------------------- Sasa Janiska Zagreb, Croatia email: sjaniska@inet.hr -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux.
Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)?
I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications.
You can go either way. Personally, I would go with 128MB and the Celeron 566MHz. By the time that you need to upgrade again, the PIII will be at an affordable price.
Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card?
Once your CPU gets past 500MHz, this question becomes largely irrelevant since you got more processing power than you really need. A 566MHz CPU, 128MB memory, and a 32MB video card is more than enough to run DVD movies smoothly. Christopher Reimer -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Sasa Janiska wrote:
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux.
Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)?
I would definitely go with the 128 of memory. With the low budget, the Celeron would be a good choice.
I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications.
Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card?
Not into DVD yet, but would believe that the Celeron would do the job.
Sincerely, Sasa
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nevada wrote:
Sasa Janiska wrote:
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux.
Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)?
If youŽre low in budget buy better an AMD K6-2-500, they are cheaper than the Celerons. You also definitely donŽt need 128 MB if youŽre low in budget.
I would definitely go with the 128 of memory. With the low budget, the Celeron would be a good choice.
I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications.
Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card?
Yes it is, but the AMD K6-2 does it too! HFH JLT
Not into DVD yet, but would believe that the Celeron would do the job.
Sincerely, Sasa
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If youŽre low in budget buy better an AMD K6-2-500, they are cheaper than the Celerons. You also definitely donŽt need 128 MB if youŽre low in budget.
Personally, I'd load up on RAM. I have 256 so I can multi-task a lot, but even 128 provides huge amounts of room for resource guzzling apps (such as Netscape). This also saves you performance loss from Linux using swap rather than RAM. just my $0.02... -Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I have an "old" celeron 300a overclocked to 450 and its fine for doing DVD playback. I have a tnt2 ultra card in it. this is running windoze by the way. i havent got dvd running on linux yet, but i am guessing it would be better. anyone ? dids www.diddyland.com
-----Original Message----- From: nevada@klingon.netkonect.net [mailto:nevada@klingon.netkonect.net]On Behalf Of nevada Sent: 09 June 2000 12:40 To: SuSE Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] Celeron or PIII for SuSE Linux
Sasa Janiska wrote:
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux.
Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)?
I would definitely go with the 128 of memory. With the low budget, the Celeron would be a good choice.
I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications.
Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card?
Not into DVD yet, but would believe that the Celeron would do the job.
Sincerely, Sasa
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My opinion would be this. Since you're running Linux, the processing power would not be as important as you would have run on M$, so go for celeron and have as much RAM as you could afford in that tight budget. I'm currently building my computer, and although I don't have very much cash myself (I don't think any 16 year old kid does), I'll put 256MB ram in there so that everything would run very nicely under both worlds. Hopefully you picked up something that uses UDMA66 and 133MHz FSB. As to DVD, I believe it's sufficient as long as the connection between the drive and the computer is not slower than the speed of the drive. (like putting a 52X cdrom on an old IDE controler). But there's no soft DVD decoders for Linux (unless you can find DeCSS). Good luck buying your computer. PS if you don't mind, email me and I can give you some tips on buying your next one. Calyth -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi there, If you value your privacy don't buy a PIII. http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/news1/ -- Yatsen Ng yatsenng@casema.net It said "Needs Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi there,
If you value your privacy don't buy a PIII.
But isn't the same with celeron? The core of CPU is the same, so I supposed celerons too were going to send their serial over the net... Tazio -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
get an amd Athalon. At 08:42 PM 6/10/2000 +0000, Yatsen Ng wrote:
Hi there,
If you value your privacy don't buy a PIII.
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/news1/
-- Yatsen Ng yatsenng@casema.net
It said "Needs Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux...
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That's really not neccesary. Just make sure your BIOS knows how to diable the serialnumber and you're ready to use your P-]|[ without the worries. Award has such an option. Rogier Maas Samy Elashmawy wrote:
get an amd Athalon.
At 08:42 PM 6/10/2000 +0000, Yatsen Ng wrote:
Hi there,
If you value your privacy don't buy a PIII.
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/news1/
-- Yatsen Ng yatsenng@casema.net
It said "Needs Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux...
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Havent some of the hackers found ways to turn it back on after you reboot ? At 10:26 PM 6/12/2000 +0200, Rogier Maas wrote:
That's really not neccesary. Just make sure your BIOS knows how to diable the serialnumber and you're ready to use your P-]|[ without the worries. Award has such an option.
Rogier Maas
Samy Elashmawy wrote:
get an amd Athalon.
At 08:42 PM 6/10/2000 +0000, Yatsen Ng wrote:
Hi there,
If you value your privacy don't buy a PIII.
http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/05/news1/
-- Yatsen Ng yatsenng@casema.net
It said "Needs Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux...
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Havent some of the hackers found ways to turn it back on after you reboot ?
Yes they have! It's a group of hackers from the german mag c't. -- Yatsen Ng yatsenng@casema.net It said "Needs Windows 98 or better." So I installed Linux... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, Sasa Janiska wrote:
Hello! I am planning to buy a new PC for use with SuSE Linux.
Because of low budget I'm interested if it is wise to invest in more MBs of RAM memory (128 instead of 64) and buy Celeron (566MHz) instead of PIII (550MHz)?
I use computer primarily for text processing and database applications.
Is it Celeron 566 powerful enough to run DVD movies with good graphic card?
Get the memory. With my ATI rage fury Celeron 333 plays DVDs fine under windows. Nick -- Nick Zentena "The Linux issue," Wladawsky-Berger explained, "is whether this is a fundamentally disruptive technology, like the microprocessor and the Internet? We're betting that it is." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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