• 2012 machines, windows 8, CELERON processors?
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I was browsing Microcenter the other day and I happened to find a handful of stylish looking, all-in-one pc's running windows 8, and sadly, on the specs AND the front label I noticed many of them were using celeron processors. I didn't even know they were shipped integrated on computers this late of a time..And trying them out, the mouse did not run smoothly, metro interface animations ran at a very low framerate, and every 10 seconds it seemed as if there would be a brief lockup to the sound of a hard drive killing itself. Nonetheless, the resolution was stretched, and the keyboard had an almost unusable delay. Why are they still shipping such low-grade processors on stationary systems? If it was an Asus Eee Box connected to a large display, I could understand the limits, but just: why? Prices still seemed to be what you would pay for a high-end computer (500$), which what I am seeing more and more often is definitely not. But anyways....what is a Celeron able to do besides outside a web browser or simple word processing? I feel bad for the poor sucker who buys it and in a year it fails to start up.
They're just for basic stuff like word, excel and web browsing.
[QUOTE=TheNobst;39121341] But anyways....what is a Celeron able to do besides outside a web browser or simple word processing? I feel bad for the poor sucker who buys it and in a year it fails to start up.[/QUOTE] That's what Celeron systems have always been. A cheap computer for the masses that just need a computer for basic stuff like listening to music, and browsing the web. Maybe watch some Youtube and type letters in Word. Won't perform all that great, but for your average user who just wants a PC, it gets the job done.
[QUOTE=TheNobst;39121341]But anyways....what is a Celeron able to do besides outside a web browser or simple word processing? I feel bad for the poor sucker who buys it and in a year it fails to start up.[/QUOTE] A single core celeron goes a very long way with an SSD and/or a light linux distro or windows 7 embedded standard
A Lot of system builders use the same tactics, sell certain points and cheap out on the rest.
Eh, Celeron is largely obsolete, thanks to Intel's Atom series.
[QUOTE=Van-man;39123332]Eh, Celeron is largely obsolete, thanks to Intel's Atom series.[/QUOTE] I though they discontinued the Atom line in favor of the ultrabook i3/5/7s.
[QUOTE=IpHa;39123465]I though they discontinued the Atom line in favor of the ultrabook i3/5/7s.[/QUOTE] Why would they do that? Atoms and Core series are completely targeting different markets, and Atoms are still a lot less power demanding than Core series.
[QUOTE=Van-man;39123332]Eh, Celeron is largely obsolete, thanks to Intel's Atom series.[/QUOTE] The Sandy Bridge Celerons are far more powerful than any Atom chip. The Atom is based on the original P6 architecture (Pentium Pro) and have barely half the IPC of older Pentium Ms at the same clock speed. The Atom is really a rubbish processor for anything other than low power applications. And even in that segment, AMD has them thoroughly beat with the Fusion C and E series processors (in some cases up to 300% faster.)
I have a laptop with a 1.5GHz dual core Sandy Bridge Celeron, it's more than enough for running basic tasks smoothly and certainly a lot better than Atom. It's got to be at least as good as the first gen Core 2 Duos. So OP, unless those were some really old versions of the Celeron, there's got another reason why the computers were running so slow.
[QUOTE=pebkac;39133132]I have a laptop with a 1.5GHz dual core Sandy Bridge Celeron, it's more than enough for running basic tasks smoothly and certainly a lot better than Atom. It's got to be at least as good as the first gen Core 2 Duos. So OP, unless those were some really old versions of the Celeron, there's got another reason why the computers were running so slow.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I have a hard time believing that a first gen Core 2 Duo would have a problem with Windows 8, considering Windows 7 is nothing for them. And I'm assuming the Sandy Bridge Celerons still use the intel HD 3000, if so, that is more than enough for the UI hardware acceleration. There has to be something more to the story. They would have a very hard time selling a unit that's on display that doesn't even have power to drive the UI.
According to passmark, the cheapest celery that you can buy on newegg is only a little less powerful than a q6600, so they are not terrible.
[QUOTE=loophole;39135515]celery[/QUOTE] i laughed too hard at this and the PC in the OP sounds like someone messed with it, pretty sure out of the box it would be running at native res
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