There are a number of processor types available. At the lower end, there is the Celeron. This is what we use in the Junior Artisan machine. It is also available as an option in the full Artisan machine too. The Pentium III 866Mhz with a 133Mhz bus is now the standard processor in the Artisan.
Faster options are also available.
The motherboard is the heart of the system and we have selected a jumperless motherboard using the VIA chipset, or the Intel 815 chipset. This means that BIOS changes are done via menus - no setting jumpers. You get parallel, serial, USB, keyboard and mouse ports. The bus runs at 66MHz,100MHz or 133MHz. That's why you should buy from us.