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| 151900 | 2003-06-11 20:41:00 | I am helping a friend choose between two notebooks: IBM R40 Intel Pentium M 1.4 Ghz 400Mhz (I figure the 400Mhz is the FSB?) 256 MB Ram PC2100 DDR SD-Ram in one of two slots (standard, scales to 2048 MB max) 40GB ATA-100 HDD ATI Mobility RADEON XGA 16MB 14" XGA Screen (I think) Battery life is claimed ~6.2 hrs Ports: AC adaptor, Expansion bus port for dock, external microphone, external display, headphone/line out, infared, RJ-11, RJ-45, S-Video out, USB 2.0 x 2 2.8 Kg, (H)38.9mmx(W)313mmx(D)254mm Intel PRO/Wireless Network 802.11b 10/100 Ethernet WinXP Pro $2,790 ex GST Compaq nx9010 Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz 512MB PC2100 RAM, scales to 1024 in two slots 40GB HDD DVD-ROM, CD Writer Combo drive (combo, yuck) 15" XGA TFT screen 1024x768 ATI Mobility Radeon 64mb shared (shared, double yuck) 56kbs modem 10/100 Ethernet JPL Pro Speaker / 16 bit stereo sound Ports: 1 parallel, 3 USB 2.0, PS/2 Keyboard/mouse, Headphone I/O, Mircophone, IEEE 1394, S-Video, PC Card II 49mmx329mmx272mm, 3.49 KG WinXP Pro $2990 ex GST I figure the Compaq would have a battery life of ~ 2 hours, due to its desktop p4. My friend wants this for a general purpose laptop, but also to drive a projector for powerpoint displays. I reckon the IBM would have the performance advantage due to the Pentium M. However, it has no floppy and a smaller screen. But with LCD's a, say, 15" will have the same viewable space as a 17" CRT - does this hold true for laptops? Also, there will be multiple users who will be a bit rough. So what seems the better option? |
SpiderVenom (1412) | ||
| 151901 | 2003-06-11 23:34:00 | Do you really need advice when there is only $200 diff between the two, and one has double the ram, with a 2.4 as opposed to a 1.4 P4 inside? Doesn't take a genius to go for the 2nd option. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 151902 | 2003-06-12 00:53:00 | dont those pentium m cpu's out perform the p4 laptop chip? From what i hear they spank em. Me thinks more research is in order for who ever is makin the purchase |
metla (154) | ||
| 151903 | 2003-06-12 01:01:00 | A P4 1.4 is NEVER going to outperform a P4 2.4 with double the ram. Regardless of whether it is a P4M chip or not. Besides, the new technology is this Centrino stuff... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 151904 | 2003-06-12 06:39:00 | aaahhhh,Centrino must have been what i was thinking of.... | metla (154) | ||
| 151905 | 2003-06-12 08:20:00 | Yeah, my mate was trying to convince me that the new Centrino chips with lower clock speeds would spank higher P4 chips... Dunno enough about it to be able to comment though! Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 151906 | 2003-06-12 23:28:00 | No, the Pentium-M should equal or outperform the P4 desktop chip. And battery life is an issue - 6 hours as opposed to 2. | SpiderVenom (1412) | ||
| 151907 | 2003-06-12 23:31:00 | Dude, have you tried benchmarking a P4M against a P4?? There is no way a P4M would keep up with a desktop P4 across all CPU benchmarks... If battery life is an issue, then you should look at the new Centrino chips... they are much more effecient than the P4M. Quite expensive too IIRC. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 151908 | 2003-06-13 00:58:00 | NONONO!! A pentium m is different from a P4-M (for example, it has a 1MB cache). I haven't bechmarked it, but the PC World test center have :D. And it outperforms desktop p4s. |
SpiderVenom (1412) | ||
| 151909 | 2003-06-13 01:40:00 | Hang on, are we talking about the same thing here? I thought P4M was the Pentium4 Mobility CPU?? Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
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