Carr
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For laptops I'm looking at getting but don't know whats good and whats not?
Intel centrino looks good but i don't know? Heard AMD Athlon metioned before?
Anyone point me in the right direction
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Skinz
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intel centrino
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Pablo
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I still think my P4 is better then centrino
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Carr
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what does speed mean as i read that the amd sepron goes up to speeds of 3000 is this good?
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Carr
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and what about graphics cards? is the higher the number the better like with ram?
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Carr
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And one last question which order do these go in, in order of 'greatness'
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Turion 64
AMD Sempron
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Athlon 64 i think. not up to speed atm
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Demo
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go for a centrino. they got longer battery life and wi-fi built in to them so are ideal for laptops (hence why they were designed)
and although the clock speeds are relatively slow, the majority of centrino chipsets have 2MB of L2 cache which makes them run effectively at a greater speed than the speed of the clock
ie a 1.5GHz will run at the same sort of speed as a 2.5GHz p4
i think thats how it works anyway  i aint no pc boffin so aint 100% on it
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PaulW
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centrino is NOT a processor
its just a collection of 'technology' which provides wifi support, good battery life, etc...
Pentium-M is the processor in it!
and the 1.5GHz Pentium-M is more on par with a 2.3GHz P4 than 2.5... but it runs a hell of alot cooler & also sucks less power...
If Intel made Desktop chips the same way as the Pentium-M is made, but with 64-bit support... that would pretty much Destroy AMD!
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PaulW
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btw... the AMD Sempron is just a 'Cheap' badged AMD-XP Chip...
AMD XP-M is the Mobile variant & runs better than the Sempron
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Demo
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well i did tell you i was no pc boffin
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PaulW
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aye yes you did 
AMD offer good performance for the £££
Intel (P4-M & Centrino Tech) offer good battery life for the £££, but AMD still pip that as far as performance goes...
Depends... do you do alot of work out & about, or mainly at home where you can plug it into the charger??
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PaulW
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Centrino laptops (15") will last 2-3hours at best... equiv AMD ones last UPTO 2 hours...
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Carr
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It's for when I go to uni as a gift so I'll either be in my uni room using it or at home so there will be a power supply. I imagine only times I would use it's battery would be maybe in a lecture or something just for a bit of word processing, then maybe some gaming or stuff when it's pluged in. There's just so much choice though
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Carr
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Also Paul do you know any good sites to look at laptops and stuff?
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John Lewis
Very good warranty packages. 
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by Rebrabuk
John Lewis
Very good warranty packages.
They don't have a lot of choice though
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quote:
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quote:
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John Lewis
Very good warranty packages.
Thanks.
Your welcome. 
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by Rebrabuk
quote:
Originally posted by Carr
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Originally posted by Rebrabuk
John Lewis
Very good warranty packages.
Thanks.
Your welcome.
Sorry 
Thanks.
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Carr
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Looks good for graphics card and memory upgrades
What about this laptop?
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Carr
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I bought a PC Advisor mag at work yesterday so I'm a bit more clued up now. Plus it came with a disc with all the past issues on and another with free programmes on. All for £3.50 
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Demo
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www.dell.co.uk
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Carr
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This disc I got with it has got some class stuff on. Like a back up programme and computer duplicate checker etc.
Think I'll sort the pc out today as it's running abit slow and stuff recently.
Anyone know if you have to have your iTunes catalogue backed up for it to work or will it play anyway?
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