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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

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[Solved]Does an Intel Celeron = i686?

I want to play around with Arch on an old computer (made in 2000). It has an Intel Celeron processor running at ~533Mhz. So I was wondering if I could use Arch made for the i686 processor. Also what does i686 mean?

Last edited by jordanwb (2008-07-01 20:55:38)

lucke

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Re: [Solved]Does an Intel Celeron = i686?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80686

Celeron is based on PII, so it's i686.

jordanwb

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Re: [Solved]Does an Intel Celeron = i686?

Okay thanks. Now what does that even mean? Is like a generation or something?

lucke

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Re: [Solved]Does an Intel Celeron = i686?

Yeah, a generation. Read the wiki article. Or even better, this one. P6 == i686 and it started with Pentium Pro.

Last edited by lucke (2008-07-01 20:49:15)

jordanwb

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Re: [Solved]Does an Intel Celeron = i686?

Okay thanks.