Pentium vs. Centrino question

[lombj59]

Hello, this is probably an easy question to answer, but I couldnt find it online searching. I need to buy a notebook, and I am thinking about one from Dell. Thier cheapest one is what I can afford for now, and it has the Centrino chip in it. This is what it says:
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 350 (1.30 GHz/1MB Cache/400MHz FSB)

One very important software that I am going to purchase says it needs at least a Pentium 2 to run (recommended). If I was to buy the notebook with the Centrino inside, since its much cheaper, could I run the software without problems?

Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.

 

[blackllotus]

If the software only needs a Pentium 2 then it should run extremely well with the Centrino.

 

[lombj59]

Thanks, I appreciate the help. So Centrino and Celeron M are the same thing then?

 

[DarkAmeba]

Centrino is intel's brand for computers which use an intel motherboard, intel mobile cpu, and an intel wireless card. The name really dosen't have much to do with the CPU. Centrino laptops can use the Pentium M or the Celeron M. Pentium M being far better than the Celeron. Reguardless that laptop should be able to run the software you need fine.

 

[blackllotus]

Originally posted by: DarkAmeba
Centrino is intel's brand for computers which use an intel motherboard, intel mobile cpu, and an intel wireless card. The name really dosen't have much to do with the CPU. Centrino laptops can use the Pentium M or the Celeron M. Pentium M being far better than the Celeron. Reguardless that laptop should be able to run the software you need fine.

Oops yea, I accidently read that as Celeron!

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: DarkAmeba
Centrino is intel's brand for computers which use an intel motherboard, intel mobile cpu, and an intel wireless card. The name really dosen't have much to do with the CPU. Centrino laptops can use the Pentium M or the Celeron M. Pentium M being far better than the Celeron. Reguardless that laptop should be able to run the software you need fine.

Nit pick
Centrino = Pentium M + Intel mobo + Intel wifi card
Celeron M isn't apart of the Centrino package

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

more nit pick: celeron-M isn't much worse performance wise than the Pentium-M. A 1.5ghz Celeron-M should perform almost as well as the P-M 1.5ghz. You wouldn't notice a difference unless you are encoding a long movie or something and the difference might be a few minutes. The main difference is that the celeron has no power saving features, so you would get significantly worse battery life on certain aplication uses.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Compared to the latest Centrino platform you will notice a bit more of a difference. Current Celeron M's are 1MB L2 Cache 400MHz FSB, Pentium M's are 2MB L2 Cache 533MHz fSB. But Celeron M is still a great budget chip