Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,sci.electronics.misc (
More info?)
"Gerard Bok" <bok118@zonnet.nl> wrote in message
news:41e048a9.10285240@News.Individual.NET...
> On 8 Jan 2005 20:23:57 GMT, ba221@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Gaetan
> Mailloux) wrote:
>
>>Do a 160 gig (a WD1600jb from Western Digital) would work with my PIII
>>667 mhz ?
>
> Given the age of this CPU, it is unlikely that a supporting
> motherboard will be able to recognize 160 GB harddisks.
> Identify your motherboard and try to locate the most recent BIOS
> upgrade.
>
>>And, what is the difference between a Celeron and a Pentium processor
>>(Celeron processor seem not very popular) ?
>
> Celeron is a low cost edition. It is around 50 till 60% of the
> full price and delivering some 20% less performance.
>
The mad thing is with this, is I had a PIII 533 and a celeron 500mhz (I
think) the PIII took 2 hours to render a image, and the celeron did it in
20mins! motherboards come into it a fair bit, but still shocked me!
Chris
> --
> Kind regards,
> Gerard Bok