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Intel CPU a must for notebooks?
- Thread starter iKwak
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iKwak said:
You could go Transmeta if you found a laptop that used it. Those provide very good battery life. There's also low-speed, ~1.0 GHz AthlonXP ULV's which can provide some decent battery life. However, computing power and battery life all in one? Ya, Pentium-M based notebooks are about it.
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A Pentium M will give you much more battery life than any other cpu in it's class, and is about as fast as an athlon64 per clock. The only reason not to get one is price. The 1.8ghz runs $400+.
A centrino would do a bit better, but considering my laptop also has a mobile 9700 I don't think the centrino would do alot better.
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I know Centrino's use 20% less than a typical Intel processor. So it'll get better battery life.
Does the centrino have the same architecture as the Dothan? Becuase that chip is supposed to be incredible.
But If i ever get a laptop, it's be for work/school only, thus I'll probably get the one with the best batter life. Maybe even a Apple...
*dodges thrown tomatoes*
Does the centrino have the same architecture as the Dothan? Becuase that chip is supposed to be incredible.
But If i ever get a laptop, it's be for work/school only, thus I'll probably get the one with the best batter life. Maybe even a Apple...
*dodges thrown tomatoes*
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Dothan is a completely new design...
If you want just batterylife: go for the lower speed Pentium-M. If you want power as well, take an a64 mobile.
