Re: What processors does Firefox under?

In article <[email protected]>, Martyn Bissett
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I have been on the system requirements 
> (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/system-requirements.html) page of 
> Firefox and it informs me that Firefox requires a Pentium processor. I 
> dont know a great deal about processors so I was wondering will it would 
> fail to work in another (ie. Celeron, Crusoe, AMD)?

That page says "minimum hardware".  That usually means anything newer
than that will work, too.  Unfortunately, with Intel using names for
their chips, it's hard to tell what's newer if you didn't already know
the names.  Pentium (without a number on the end of it) is pretty darn
old (I don't know anyone that actually sells it anymore outside of
embedded devices), so unless your computer's fairy old (more then 4 or
5 years), it should be fine.

If your computer shipped from the manufacturer with any OS newer than
Windows 95 on it, it's a fair bet you have at least a Pentium II.

-- 
Dave