processors for laptops

HighlyCooL

i am going to be getting a laptop in the next few weeks and the processors are confusing me. whats the diffenench between a Pentium m, a Pentium with hd and a Pentium centrino

p.pete

Don't know too much on it myself (hope to get a laptop soon though) but I was told recently that the centrino was designed specifically with laptops in mind - basicly it uses less energy / allows for longer battery life which is useful for a laptop.

I'm sure someone will be along shortly with better info for ya

RE*AC*TOR

centrino isn't a cpu - its a chipset/wifi/cpu combo. Its intel-speak for happy happy laptop days.

Pentium M is an energy efficient Pentium 4ish cpu.

HD? - nothing

HT (hyper threading) - some kind of new fangled go faster stripes.

HighlyCooL

so what would be the best to get

odie

AMD 64 bit CPU.......Preferably 3400+ some lappy's have up to 3700+

Some info here http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651,00.html

And here http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_10220_10221,00.html

HighlyCooL

i have an amd athlon xp in this computer that i am using and its crap

sceptre

HighlyCooL wrote:

so what would be the best to get

For some info read these two threads: One, Two. Neither will directly answer your question. However, you didn't tell anyone what you were planning using the laptop for.

odie

I have a lappy with AMD 64 bit 3000+ 1gb Ram 80gb HD 128mb ATI 9700 Graphics. And it flies along, haven't had anything calf on it no matter what I throw at it.

Plays all current games, HL2, Battlefield, Splinter cell etc, does video editing with no probs at all, copies DVD's and CD's without a hitch.

It is a mobile office and gaming machine. So I would suggest perhaps something along the lines of the above spec. Lidl have one at the mo, with above specs but 128mb X700 graphics instead of 9700, comes with bluetooth, WLAN, Firewire, USB2.0 ports. And a 3 year guarantee.

Also check out www.acernotebooks.co.uk for some top of the range lappies.

I have a personal preference for AMD as I find them to run a lot faster, and cause less grief in the long term than Intel cpu's.

HighlyCooL

i want for video editing sound editing burning cd and dvds and the internet

maidhc

Practically any modern processor will suffice for your needs. Obviously the more you spend, the better throughput etc you will get video editing, but I dont know if the difference will be massive.

secret_squirrel

Its fairly straight forward -

Travelling laptop - (ie good battery life)
1. Intel Centrino
2. AMD Turion.

Desktop Replacement Laptop (ie powerful but poor battery life)
1. AMD A64.
2. Intel P4 with/out HT.

Budget Laptop (Shíte performance, not too awful battery life)
Celeron M

maidhc

I strongly object to Celeron Ms being branded as having ****e performance. Maybe a desktop celeron, but any research, and my own practical experience indicates the Celeron M is a mighty fine processor for the price.

IMO its crazy to buy a laptop with a desktop processor, the machine you get is neither a proper laptop nor as cheap or expandable as a desktop.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

maidhc wrote:

I strongly object to Celeron Ms being branded as having ****e performance. Maybe a desktop celeron, but any research, and my own practical experience indicates the Celeron M is a mighty fine processor for the price.

IMO its crazy to buy a laptop with a desktop processor, the machine you get is neither a proper laptop nor as cheap or expandable as a desktop.

Agreed See the Toms Hardware artical about the celeron M. They preform as well as the Pentium M with a little less battery life.
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20040309/centrino-11.html

rainbow kirby

Or you could go for a Mac (iBook/PowerBook)... great battery life, the best operating system out there and they look cool too

rick_fantastic

i have a amd64 3500+ 2.2gHz hp laptop and it stands up to anything. really sweet laptop comes as standard with a gig of ram which i upgraded to 2gigs cos i had a spare bit of cash lying about

linkage
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ie/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12150796-38597115.html

one thing to note is that if you plan on running linux it has an ati graphics card which doesnt have very good linux support.

WezzyB

Rick,
I am thinking of getting a laptop very similar to the one you have, at a good discount from my employer.

Can I ask you how is the battery life on your laptop.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ie/en/ho/WF06b/21675-38187-38191-38191-38191-12200672-53922087.html

rick_fantastic

its pretty damn good. saying that i dont spend a lot of time travelling so most of the time when im using it its plugged in. work, college etc etc.

i dont have it with me at the moment but im heading on lunch soon and ill have it then. ill boot it up and unplug and see how long it lasts.