Gamespot UK heeft wat info over wat Intel van plan ik met de Celerons. De nieuwe 366 en 400Mhz exemplaren zijn evensnel als vergelijkbare PII's, maar wel honderden guldens goedkoper. Je zou dus denken dat ze bij Intel teveel powerglue hebben gesnoven, maar dat valt mee. Er zit een hele strategie achter deze wazige handelingen van Intel...
PC Week Labs' tests of two Celeron-based systems released this week show that the once-gutless--no L2 (Level 2) cache--Celeron chip with a consumer focus has been transformed into a serious contender for corporate desktop PCs. Buyers will now find Celeron-equipped systems as powerful as Pentium II machines for hundreds of dollars less.So what's the catch? Well, Intel sees the Celeron and Pentium II processors as serving different markets. The Celeron, company officials have claimed, is for the "value-conscious" buyer, whereas the Pentium II is for buyers who demand the most powerful system on the market.
As a result, we expect the leading PC vendors to place the Celeron processor in systems that may not offer state-of-the-art components. These PCs would still offer the manageability expected by corporate buyers, just in a less elegant system. This is a shame because, given the same level of components, the Celeron is the match of any Pentium II running typical corporate desktop applications.
