john czarnuszewicz wrote:

improve speed of calcs in an XPhome edition Celeron 2.4G cpu?

nope
get a proper p4 that'll speed it up

3.31 hours (3 hr 18 min) for 2.4ghz p4
5.33 hours (5 hr 19 min) for celery 2.4ghz

my p3 1.4ghz beats that lol
3.92 hours (3 hr 55 min)
p3s rock hehe