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I am planning to get a new computer (replacing an IBM running at 450 MHz with an inadequate RAM max of 256MB). Costco has an emachines package that uses an Intel Celeron 2.6 GHz chip. I’ve read that this chip isn’t as good as it sounds because it has an L2 cache of only 128 KB (compared to AM Athlon-based computers with a 256 cache).
Now I don’t fully understand all these terms 😉 but some discussions I’ve seen imply that the Celeron cache has a real bottleneck for graphics applications, like Photoshop Elements. I don’t want to buy a new machine that will have me cursing about how slow it works.
Is a Celeron-based computer OK, or is it necessary to spring for the more expensive Athlon computers? Or, any other suggestions?
Now I don’t fully understand all these terms 😉 but some discussions I’ve seen imply that the Celeron cache has a real bottleneck for graphics applications, like Photoshop Elements. I don’t want to buy a new machine that will have me cursing about how slow it works.
Is a Celeron-based computer OK, or is it necessary to spring for the more expensive Athlon computers? Or, any other suggestions?
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