[WEB4LIB] Pentium II or Celeron or ...

[TMGB]

Gary Masters makes a good point with lots of memory.  IIIs new
Millennium package is JAVA intensive from what I've been told and the
memory factory is the key element rather than _brand_ of processor,
although a fast processor would be preferred also.  We have ordered DELL
Pentium II 350mhz with 128 Mbytes of memory so not to be caught short
and due to a favorable fiscal year of funding.

Thomas

Olga Verbeek wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are a III library getting ready to move up to their Millennium
> products. III's advice for their circ. and serial modules is a PC with a
> Pentium II (133 MHZ or better >300 MHz) chip and 64 Mbytes of main memory.
> Instead of the Pentium II, how about the Celeron chip or some other chip
> on the market. Usually they are more reasonably priced than the Pentium
> II. Both the Pentium and the Celeron use the P6 architecture. Mostly I
> guess I am after performance, which combinations give "equal" performance?
> where are the trade-offs? etc.
> 
> Anyone have any comments or advice?
> 
> --Olga
> 
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