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| Thread ID: 34399 | 2003-06-11 20:41:00 | Notebook choice | SpiderVenom (1412) | Press F1 |
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| 151910 | 2003-06-13 19:39:00 | No. Pentium 4 M is the Pentium 4 mobility, but the new Pentium M is another processor altogether, separate from the P4-M and the old PIII-M. In a PC World test of two comparable notebooks, one with a 2.53Ghz desktop p4 and another with a 1.6 Ghz P-M, the Pentium-M was around 12% faster. |
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| 151911 | 2003-06-13 19:41:00 | Also, the Pentium-M is the Centrino chip. From the IBM specs, I figure it is a Centrino, but can't be sure without seeing the what the motherboard chip is (Centrino is a package, with a P-M, Intel PRO/Wireless, an a particular Intel motherboard chip - which I can't remember :P). | SpiderVenom (1412) | ||
| 151912 | 2003-06-14 00:18:00 | Well I agree that the Centrino technology is much better... I thought you were talking about the Mobility chip there for a second! | Lohsing (219) | ||
| 151913 | 2003-06-15 12:33:00 | I'm also doing some research on the various Centrino based notebook options on the market. I just read the review in the current issue of PCworld (June 2003, page 44) for the latest Toshiba Tecra S1 based on the Centrino/Pentium-M package. Although the Tecra is not in the same price bracket as the two options you listed, I did notice that the review states it has topped speed benchmark for all the notebooks they have tested? I guess that means the 1.6GHz Pentium-M Centino core does outperform the other higher speed Pentium4 based systems? Can anyone (especially from PC world) please confirm this? I saw on the Intel Centrino Notebook show case page, a new Sony (PCGZ1) notebook based on the 1.6GHz Centrino, the specs and the design looks very appealing, it also claims battery life from 5 hours to 7.5hours and up to 13 hours with a high capacity battery. Does anyone know if it's available in New Zealand and at what price? |
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