Will Dell laptop with Celeron chip run .NET fairly Ok .. or P4 better?

[mb224]

I'm in the market to get a new laptop to do my ASP.NET development work. I've seen some Dell laptops priced attractively ..but with the Celeron processor .... I believe the Celeron processors do not have the Math co-processor like the Penitum processor. So I'm not sure if the laptop will run too slow ... and frustrate me!

Is my thinking justified? Is anyone using a Dell Celeron laptop out there? What performance are you getting?

Thanks

 

[dyarwood]

I currently use at home a celeron 600 (maybe 700) to do my ASP.Net stuff on. The compiling takes a bit of time but no longer than the time to boil my kettle. I find that it is fast enough for me.

 

[jshurst]

I would go with a P4 if you can. I do a bit of work on a celeron and I hate it. In my opinion they are very slow, especially using visual studio.

 

[mb224]

hmmm .... thanks guys ... anymore takes out there?

 

[crazyboybert]

From my experience the processor is less important than your memory. Memory is cheap, you can get a gig in the uk for about £70 these days. Put a gig of ram or more (as much as your board will take...) and compiling takes about as long as it takes to alt+tab to a browser and hit F5 ;-)

Rob

i'm a boy, called Bert, and I may not be crazy, but if i'm not the rest of you are...