Bus speeds and CPU Speeds

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Hi

I'm trying to get a handle on the difference between 400 Mhz front side
bus and 533 Mhz front side bus. Would there be much of a difference
between the two for use with either a Celeron or Pentium M? Is there a
"rule of thumb" as to what bus speed is suitable for different
processors? I'm looking at possibly getting a notebook in the next 1 or
2 months.

I'm a part time IT student and I'm trying to start up an IT business
using Java so typically I could have about 5 or 6 applications open at
the same time.

I've currently got a Pentium 2 - 350 so anything would be an
improvement, even a Celeron. I suppose, given I'm on a budget of up to
about $2000 (Australian) for a notebook I should be asking which
Celerons would give me a big enough performance difference compared to
my current Desktop Pentium 2-350mhz with 448 Mg of PC100 SDRAM.

Thanks

Peter Mount
info@petermount.au.com