Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-31 Thread Desi Penguin
On Oct 30, 2007 7:25 PM, Makarand Mhaiskar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks all for your inputs. finally, for about rs. 700 more (processor+mobo) over celeron, i got an athlon x2 dual core!! 'coolquiet' and pretty fast with 1gb ram. 64-bit processor, isn't it ? So in case you are going for

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-30 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 19:25:17 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: any recos for the linux distro? -for a relatively nub (dabbled with redhat 7 last) -need an easy installer (for dual boot) -need AMP (preferrably out of the box) gimp so what say? Slackware.. :) Shridhar --

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium + linux reco?

2007-10-30 Thread Aditya Laghate
On 10/30/07, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 19:25:17 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: any recos for the linux distro? -for a relatively nub (dabbled with redhat 7 last) -need an easy installer (for dual boot) -need AMP (preferrably out of the box) gimp\

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium?

2007-10-26 Thread ಓಂ
On 10/26/07, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I *have* 2 machines with athlon XP processors and they are not as hot as some of the pentiums. Code 2 duo processors are lot cooler is what I *hear*. Key thing to keep a CPU cool is getting good CPU fan, proper thermal paste and having

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium?

2007-10-26 Thread Ameet Gholap
2007/10/26, श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Friday 26 Oct 2007 10:31:45 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: i would like to know your *experience, not just opinion* of using celeron (or sempron for that matter) for not-so-heavyweight development. pls also share ur experience with AMD

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium?

2007-10-26 Thread mehul
On 10/26/07, Makarand Mhaiskar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do u think a celeron would suffice for this kind of development? i always thought why spend more when a cheaper option may work, but never really took the risk! Why not check for Sempron too? I have never used either Celeron or Sempron

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium?

2007-10-26 Thread Gaurav Pant
On 10/26/07, mehul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/26/07, Makarand Mhaiskar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do u think a celeron would suffice for this kind of development? i always thought why spend more when a cheaper option may work, but never really took the risk! Why not check for Sempron

Re: [PLUG] Celeron vs Pentium?

2007-10-25 Thread श्रीधर नारायण दैठणकर
On Friday 26 Oct 2007 10:31:45 Makarand Mhaiskar wrote: i would like to know your *experience, not just opinion* of using celeron (or sempron for that matter) for not-so-heavyweight development. pls also share ur experience with AMD processors. do they really get hot?? I *had* celeron once(