Celeron on Intel 945GM Express Chipset

Hi all, this is my first time posting here, sorry if my english isn't too well, and I'm kinda newbie on hardware, especially notebook hardware. I'm looking for some suggestion, and here's the story.

One of local notebook manufacturer in my country (it's called BYON), offering Celeron notebook with some of the specs detail like this:
- Intel Celeron 430 / 1.73 Ghz / 1Mb L2 Cache
- Intel Express Chipset 945 GM
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950

But from what I read from this link http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/mobile/945_fam.htm , it said that chipset 943/940 GML which optimized for Celeron, while I heard 945 GM optimized for Core Solo/Duo. This BYON (Build Your Own Notebook) campaign often telling people that it's best choice considering budget to buy this Celeron notebook, because you can upgrading to Core Solo/Duo processor later when you have more budget.

My office thinking about buy these Celeron notebooks for some of their staffs, and my boss impressed by its notebook capability to upgrading later. At first I supported him, but after browsing and reading some articles on the internet, I feel confused.

Could someone give me suggestion? Is that OK for that Celeron 430 processor to running on not-optimized chipset? Does it will affecting performance a lot?

Thanks.

 

It is ok but unless the price is really attractive, I would get a duo core as they are pretty cheap now.

 

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Ok, thanks for the information, I'll post on that section.

 

it should be able to update with that chipset, no problem to either core duo or core 2 duo

not the santa rosa though : centrino duo (the one that just came out last month)

 

The Mobile Celeron is ao good processor, but it lacks a second core. Its a very efficient processor, which is based on the same architecture of the Core Solo/Duo processors, but the Celeron doesn't support SpeedStep. other than that, it is the same processor.

However, dual cores are now available at a much lower price, and are competitive with Celeron notebooks. I would recommend, like the others have said, you look for a notebook with a dual core processor, mainly because of the price, but also because of the extra core gained.