Pentium vs AMD vs Celeron

[Cathy]

Buying a computer for my mom, and will hook up optimum on line (for her internet access so there is no more dial up connection for her)  The minimum system requirement is a 166mhz pentium processor. Will a Celeron or AMD processor be equivalent to a pentium for this hook up ?? Thanks

[street1 (RIP)]

Exactly what do you have now for a processor?

[fffreak]

please also be advised that it is recommended that you have at least 128mb ram when using broadband as you said "Buying a computer for my mom, and will hook up optimum on line (for her internet access so there is no more dial up connection for her)  The minimum system requirement is a 166mhz pentium processor". If using Windows XP you are barely able to run the OS so more memory would do the trick.

[GX1_Man]

Any of those will work. Broadband does not require a powerful porocessor for basic activity at a quick speed. Indeed the type of internet connection is MORE important than processor.

[Neil]

Any AMD Athlon or Sempron, or Pentium or Celeron should be sufficient. The Pentium 166 is so old and slow, you would need to go out of your way to get it.

[patio]

Any of those will work. Broadband does not require a powerful porocessor for basic activity at a quick speed. Indeed the type of internet connection is MORE important than processor.

Agreed. There's some innaccurate hypothesis being thrown about lately...

[Track]

Buying a computer for my mom, and will hook up optimum on line (for her internet access so there is no more dial up connection for her)  The minimum system requirement is a 166mhz pentium processor. Will a Celeron or AMD processor be equivalent to a pentium for this hook up ?? Thanks

If all u need a CPU for is online surfing and multi-tasking, choose a Celeron.
Any Celeron will do if u require only a 166Mhz CPU. I suppose 333Mhz Celeron (of the same time, of course) would be abt the same as a 166Mhz Pentium 1. You can proably find a 2500Mhz+ Celeron for under 50$.

[linuxlover]

Go for a sempron. There even cheaper than a celeron. Get about 256MB of RAM. Shouldn't be more than $200 total.