IS A PENTIUM 2 A CELERON

[DANIEL HINDER]

MY COMPUTER DEALER OFFERED MI A PENTIUM 2 AND HE INSTALLED A CELERON, IS THIS A STANDARD PRACTICE AND OKAY OR A FRAUDE.

[Robert Stevens]

Its called fraud if he specifically said a pentium2.If he said pentium2 performance well thats another story :)

[Joseph K--Intel Technical Support]

DANIEL HINDER wrote:
>
> MY COMPUTER DEALER OFFERED MI A PENTIUM 2 AND HE INSTALLED A CELERON, IS THIS A STANDARD PRACTICE AND OKAY OR A FRAUDE.

--
Hi Daniel,
the Pentium(R) II processor and the Intel(R) Celeron(TM)
processors share the P6 architecture core, but are different
processors.

The Pentium(R) II processor is packaged in the Single Edge
Contact Cartridge (SECC), has 512kb of L2 cache, and is
intended for single- and dual processor performance desktop
systems.

The Celeron processor is in the Single Edge Processor
Package (SEPP). The 266MHz and 300MHz parts do not have L2
cache, and the 300A and 333MHz parts have 128kb of L2 cache
integrated within the processor core. It does not support
dual processing. They are intended for use in Basic PCs, or
low cost systems.

They are not to be considered as, or sold as, the same
thing. Review the advertisement and your order form. Do
advertisements indicate a Pentium II processor, or
comparable performance?

Any vendor confusing the two is either uninformed or
intentionally misrepresenting the products they sell, and
should be avoided.

Use of the Pentium(R)II brand and the Intel(R) Celeron(TM)
brand together is misuse of an Intel trademark (Example :
"Pentium II Celeron processor" or "Intel Celeron Pentium II
Processor"). These are two separate processor lines. An
Intel(R) Celeron(TM) processor IS NOT a Pentium(R) II
processor.

Please report any such vendors to sup...@mailbox.intel.com.
--
Joseph K
Intel Technical Support
*All brands and trademarks are the property of their
respective owners

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DANIEL HINDER <dan...@chef.net> wrote:
> MY COMPUTER DEALER OFFERED MI A PENTIUM 2 AND HE INSTALLED A CELERON, IS THIS
A STANDARD PRACTICE AND OKAY OR A FRAUDE.
>

Technically the Celeron is a PII but I think the guy should have spoken with
you about the difference. If you thought you were getting a true PII w/512k
cache and you got a Celeron you should see how much he charged you and if he
charged you for a PII and put in a Celeron that is fraud. If he just charged
you for a Celeron and said PII then they guy is perhaps being misleading but
its not fraud exactly. You should get your money back if its not what you
wanted.

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[ex...@wavefront.com]

The core's of the processor are both the same but a Pentium II and a Celeron
are diofferent CPU's the PII has a half speed 512 cache and the old Celeron's
have no cache (266-300). The new ones however do have a full speed 128k
cache. But this is however fraud. I am a VAR myself and I do NOT interchange
these processors. Demand that a PII be put in or get you money back. It is
sad that there are these irreputable VARs out there who give us all a bad
name.

Robert
Exdev Computers
Web Site www.exdevco.com

In article <dTxhpBg...@newsgroups1.cps.intel.com>,
DANIEL HINDER <dan...@chef.net> wrote:
> MY COMPUTER DEALER OFFERED MI A PENTIUM 2 AND HE INSTALLED A CELERON, IS THIS
A STANDARD PRACTICE AND OKAY OR A FRAUDE.
>

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