[Scgeeks] Re: Can a celeron processor do what I want?

[Twayne]

> The application is a streaming video program.  I got a quote on a
> celeron processor.  However, a bright, young college geek says that
> it will slow everything down after a while.  There will also be a
> QuickBooks Pro program on the same computer which I know takes a lot
> of resources also.
> I read that the celeron is like a compact compared to a luxury sedan.
> Young college kid may just be always looking for the best, but I
> don't know enough about the applications to know if they need a
> better processor.
> Another major factor to me is that even if the kid can find a whole
> package cheaper than my quote, the quote came with set up and
> training in the streaming video application.  The quote was for about
> $1200 (I don't have any of the figures with me) for new computer
> including webcam.  Is that ridiculous?  (there is more to this story
> than I am telling).  How much more could I expect to pay for the
> Intel Pentium?  I know there are different levels, but what I want to
> know is if I could make a case that the original quote is reasonable
> and would work, or how much more a more solid Pentium would cost if
> that's an issue?
> These are the original system specs that resulted in the quote on the
> celeron
> Pentium II 450 MHz or higher processor, Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP
> (home or professional), 96 MB of RAM, 128 MB for Windows 2000/XP.
> (128 MB recommended).
>
> Miss Betsy

If this if familar to you at all, I can tell you that a 3.0 GHz Walmart 
Special Celeron powered desktop is capable of handling the likes of 
PaintShop Pro and PrintShop. It was filled up with Norton SystemWorks 
and other hefty stuff.  Never noticed any slowdowns but never did any 
bench comparisons either.  Speed seemed good at all times.
    I've done just about everything but video editing on it so don't 
know how it'd be with a rendering situation like that.  That said, I do 
use my Pentium P4 for daily work though; faster hard drives, more RAM, 
all that stuff; there's only 512 RAM in the Celeron machine and older, 
smaller 5250 rpm drives.  IIRC the registry size in the Celeron was 
about 3 Meg.

HTH

Twayne