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| Thread ID: 136796 | 2014-04-16 09:57:00 | looking at a new notebook | wotz (335) | Press F1 |
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| 1372880 | 2014-04-16 09:57:00 | Whats the difference between a I5-4200M and I5-4200U? It seems U has a lower power consumption but also lower speed. Is there any real performance difference? The U is in a 13.3" chassis, the M 15.6". I'm not worried about either size, although 13.3 would be nice. | wotz (335) | ||
| 1372881 | 2014-04-16 10:17:00 | What type of work will you be using it for and what is your budget? | Webdevguy (17166) | ||
| 1372882 | 2014-04-16 10:19:00 | Both in budget - looking at $1,100ish. It would be used a bit for video editing. | wotz (335) | ||
| 1372883 | 2014-04-16 23:25:00 | Would be better if it was 64 bit and you installed some kind of 64 bit video editing software. Because, depending on the size of the files you'll be editing 32 bit programs may have probs | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1372884 | 2014-04-17 04:54:00 | The 4200u will give better battery life, the 4200m will give better performance (both the cpu and igp). The 4200U is likely in a smaller laptop as it will generate much less heat and therefore needs less a intensive cooling setup to run. Although it's likely that there is a 13" laptop that uses the 4200m out there somewhere, it will probably just run hotter. If I was buying a laptop (ie a portable computer) I would probably go for the 4200U purely because I feel that battery life is important on a device that is designed to be portable. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1372885 | 2014-04-17 05:50:00 | cpuboss.com I quite like this site for CPU comparisons www.cpu-world.com is another ok one Google tip of the day - if you put "vs" between two things you want to compare it usually finds a good result. Googling I5-4200M vs I5-4200U those two links are the first two results. |
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| 1372886 | 2014-04-17 06:44:00 | Thanks guys | wotz (335) | ||
| 1372887 | 2014-04-17 08:59:00 | Google tip of the day - if you put "vs" between two things you want to compare it usually finds a good result.That's a great tip, one I used just the other day. | Greg (193) | ||
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