lightweight 64-bit laptop questions

[benbaked]

hi, i'm thinking about dumping my ibook g4 for a PC laptop. the apple has been fun and it has never let me down but the lack of a pc card slot is a big drawback since i'm looking to go WWAN in the near future.

in the pc-compatible realm i like sony and fujitsu. i'm looking for something that:

** weighs under five pounds
** has at least four hours of battery life
* has a bright screen (and pretty much every sony and fujitsu i've seen has a really good screen on it)
** is 64-bit
* has built-in wi-fi (and i think that every laptop these days pretty much does)
* must have a touchpad
* is any color BUT white

i was searching around i found the fujitsu s2110 here (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834110166) .

so, how good is the turion 64? i haven't read much about this processor other than that it is basically a mobile athlon 64 with better power usage. i have a full copy of windows xp x64 edition that i want to install and run, i assume it will work on a turion-based laptop.

what do you think of that laptop? what do you suggest for what i'm looking for?

thanks in advance :thup:

[johan851]

Why does it need to be 64-bit?

[benbaked]

hmm, i don't have any good reason why it has to be 64-bit...other then that i want a 64-bit computer.

[johan851]

Hmm. Why do you want a 64-bit computer?

The only reason I'm asking is because using a Centrino opens up a lot more options for you. Are you using any 64-bit apps? Or are you looking for 32 more bits of (misplaced) bragging rights?

[benbaked]

mainly i want to mess around with windows 64 bit edition. how much more battery life would i notice with a pentium M as opposed to an amd?

[johan851]

They'd be about the same. I'm really suggesting a Centrino laptop because they're a lot easier to find than Turions.

The Centrinos I've messed with have been pretty spectacular. I'm impressed - they're not a slouch by any means, as evidenced by some people going to great lengths to use them in their desktops.

[dvandervelde]

what do you think of that laptop? It looks great, but it may not live up to your hopes for 4hour battery life.

[AKDUDE]

If you do go with a Turion processor laptop, make sure it is one of the MT models, not ML. The MTs are in the 25 watt range, MLs in the 35 what range.

[benbaked]

i was at fry's last night (long lines of people waiting for the xb360, anyways) and i used both a pentium M and turion (ml-32 i think?) laptop... the turion felt much more responsive then the pentium did, i was really impressed with it.

the fujitsu i was looking at is mt-28, they had pretty much the same one at fry's last night except it had a pentium M instead of the turion. the size, weight, and screen were all pluses (screen is nowhere at bright as a vaio though)

thanks.