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Whatever.

Anyways, can you tell me what the difference between an Intel Celeron and a Pentium 4 processor is please?

I want to buy a laptop, and was thinking of one of these two.
The bottom one is like a hundred quid more and I want to know if it's really worth it for an extra 10 gig on the hard drive and a pentium 4 thingy whatsit.

[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG1526_iridium_s520_ce_24.html[/URL]

OR
[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG6645_iridium_s520_p4_24.html[/URL]

So is it really really really worth it?

You could get one of these:

[URL]http://www.alienware.co.uk/system_pages/area-51m.aspx[/URL]

Saying that, mine's only 2.6Ghz, but the rest is the same.

Still plays nice and fast though.

Sony VIAOs seems to be pretty slow though from what I've seen. Some of the really good ones run like 486s, yet others work fine...

phi11ip wrote:
> [URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG1528_iridium_s865_p4_26.html[/URL]
>
> That's the closest one to what I got. I didn't get it from SR though,
> for £1027 I got this. (Back in September.)
****
No wonder yours runs Halo without a problem!!
I won't be playing Halo on mine anyhoo, C&C Generals is probably the most taxking game I'll have on it.

Yep, that one doesn't come with a DVD/CDRW combo drive and is 400MHZ slower.

[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG1528_iridium_s865_p4_26.html[/URL]

That's the closest one to what I got. I didn't get it from SR though, for £1027 I got this. (Back in September.)

Key Features:
Type: Iridium Starbook 865 Laptop-Notebook.
Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8GHz Processor
Memory 512Gb DDR RAM
60Gb Ultra DMA-100 Hard Drive
15” SXGA TFT Screen (1400 x 1050 x 16m)
64Mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 Graphics
Built-In Video Camera
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Internal Floppy Disk Drive
PC Card Type 1 & 2
Firewire™
3x USB 2.0 Ports
56k Modem & 10/100Mbps LAN
Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Ability Office 2002
Antivirus Software

are you absolutely sure? I did a quick search and found your other option 60 pounds cheaper (incl. VAT, free delivery, technical support)

ah well, I could really use a laptop myself :(

edit : Actually it's not the same as the one you want, it's a better model with a bigger an inch more screen and possibly a few other extras for exactly £743.87 - but then this was the first supplier I came across.

If I get one, I've decided to get this one [URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG1526_iridium_s520_ce_24.html[/URL]

Which one do you have Phil?

My Laptop plays games fine.

Even Halo works pretty well with very few jumps...

I can play Vice City on 1400 x 1050 too with no jumpyness...

The Special Reserve Iridium ones are pretty good, that's what I've got.

ßulle†† wrote:
> Timmargh wrote:
> A Celeron is like a cut-down version of a Pentium - imagine a
> Ferrari
> engine in a Skoda chassis.
>
> I would have gone for 'A Skoda engine in a Ferrari Chassis' - Looks
> good but doesn't have the power.
>
> That's me though.

I agree.

A ferrari in a skoda chassis would be like a 1gig duron overclocked to 1.6-1.7

*Adjusts glasses and snorts*

Timmargh wrote:
> A Celeron is like a cut-down version of a Pentium - imagine a Ferrari
> engine in a Skoda chassis.

I would have gone for 'A Skoda engine in a Ferrari Chassis' - Looks good but doesn't have the power.

That's me though.