Which CPU to buy?

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From: starved
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:53

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Hello all.

I'm pricing out a Dell Inspiron 15 notebook for a friend. They're not
going to be using the new machine for gaming or anything
extraordinary; just basic stuff like web surfing, e-mail, Microsoft
Office, etc.

They're going to go with Vista Home Premium, and upgrade to Windows 7
in October when it becomes available.

I have a choice between these two processors:

Intel® Celeron® 900 (1MB cache/2.20GHz/800Mhz FSB)

Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/1MB cache)

The Dual Core is more money, even though it's a slower clock speed of
2.0GHz.

Which one should I go for?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

- Dave

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