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Tazz

02-23-2005, 07:02 AM

My sister wants to buy a laptop, but we have no clue what the difference is between a Pentium M and a Pentium 4. Can someone try to explain it? Is a Pentium 4 a lot faster?

Thanks.

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ADF

02-23-2005, 07:35 AM

A Pentium M does more with less. It creates less heat and consumes less power, giving better battery life. A Pentium 4 chip is just like the chip in your desktop. Get a Pentium 4 if you want a desktop replacement (something you're not going to lug around). Get a Penium M if you value lightness and mobility.

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JPMNICK

02-23-2005, 07:45 AM

Agreed with ADF. the Pentium M is an awesome chip. It runs at lower clock speeds but still maintains fast application speeds.

Also make sure you order 512MB of RAM. it makes a big difference. And if she can afford it, choose the fastest RPM hard drive they offer. 5400 is the sweet spot for a laptop on speed and power consumption

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wilee

02-23-2005, 09:46 AM

Pentium 4 laptops can be just as light as a Pentium M. The primary difference is in the power consumption. I doubt anyone would notice the weight difference on identically equipped laptops, one with a PM and the other a P4.

However, when it comes to battery life, you would. Most (not all) Pentium M laptops are scaled back, though (external CD and floppy, smaller screen, etc.). Just look at the complete specs of the machine, and rank your needs. If battery life is the most important, get the M.

I'm running a P4 2.66GHz laptop with a 15" screen as pretty much my main machine. It's "heavy" because it's got everything built in instead of external (best for me). Only thing is I get just over an hour on the battery with light CD usage. Doesn't matter, I'm usually near an outlet anyway.

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Doctor Manhattan

02-23-2005, 09:48 AM

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Sweet laptop, dude!

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cumbiero_81

02-24-2005, 05:30 AM

Get yourself an Apple IBook or Powerbook.. better built machine & OS.. pay a little more but you actually own it for much longer..

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Doctor Manhattan

02-24-2005, 06:32 AM

The iBooks get REALLY dirty really fast, so keep that in mind. The Powerbooks are sweet but pricy.

Mac OSX is great and you can get Microsoft Office for it if you need to access those type of files, you can even run a Windows OS on it if you wanted to (Windows XP running within OSx best of both worlds!)

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Crippler

02-24-2005, 08:29 AM

Does anyone have any info about or experience with the AMD 64 bit processors? My cousin was shopping for a laptop yesterday & we got different stories from different stores. How would you rank:
Celeron M
Pentium 4
Pentium M
Centrino
AMD 64
No one working at the stores we checked out was able to clearly explain the differences between these.

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JPMNICK

02-24-2005, 08:42 AM

Never get a celeron, they are crap.

Pentium 4 is just a desktop chip in a laptop.

Pentium M is the mobile chip from intel.

Centrino is a PentiumM chip paired along with special networking and Mother baord features. It is basically a chipset to help with wireless networking and battery life. Centrino notebooks are def. good choice for a mobil user.

AMD64 is the rival to intel. the 64 stands for the number of bits it is able to hanlde. intel is 32.

Right now, there is no need for 64 bits, since windows does not support it and no apps really take advantage of it

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Crippler

02-24-2005, 09:12 AM

Thanks so much, that's exactly what I needed. It's amazing that no one working at a store which sells computers could articulate that. Clear, imformative & concise...that really helps.

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