Pentium Mobile & Pentium Centrino?
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There's a lot to say and I have to head off for work but check out the link below:
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Given that the prices are the same,there are two other really important issues that you need to look at-performance and battery life.If you need higher performance,mobility,graphics,games and aren't away from a poer source for a long time,I would suggest that you go with the AMD Turion64 X2.My dad's is an Acer Aspire with AMD Turion64.Its not dual core,but I've really felt the upbeat in performance when compared to the Intel centrino series.But the problem persists in the battery life.The standard 6-cell Li-Ion Acer battery gives about 4-4.5 hrs in standard conditions when used with Centrino.The same battery is found to last only about 3.5hrs when used with AMD Turion64 processor.But since I wanted performance at any cost,I opted for this 64-bit beauty.\nIf its battery life that you need,I suggest that you go with the Centrino Duo series.This processor gives you a good battery life.\nThe difference between a 64-bit processor and a 32-bit one is that 64 chunks of data can be processed by a 64-bit processor in one go,and the other can only handle 32 chunks of data at a time.The AMD Turion64 X2 is a 64-bit processor.But the Intel Centrino Duo isn't.If you are indeed waiting for a 64-bit Dual Core solution from Intel,I suggest that you wait for about 2 months or so.Intel's Centrino Duo 2 is a dual core 64-bit processor with the second core about 30% faster.But since the performance characteristics of this isn't known,there's little that I can comment on.\nI hope that answers your question.
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If you want good value for money, don't buy the brand name crap. Go to Centralfield (in Sham Shui Po) and take a look at their offer. Or check their website: http://www.centralfield.com/2004/Bto_nb/BTO_index1.html (but there's not much English there).\n\nI bought this Centrino laptop last year - Pentium M 1.6, 512MB RAM (upgradeable to 1GB), 60GB HDD, 15" 1400*1050 LCD, DVD+CDRW and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, for HK$8750 (about US$1125), and I'm really happy with it. Anything comparable made by big brands was over HK$12000.\nAnyway, prices have dropped quite a bit since last year.\n\nOf course, you can also find some cheap crap like slow Celerons with 256MB RAM for HK$5000 or so.
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There's no such thing as a Pentium 4 M! There's a Pentium 4 and there are Pentium M and Celeron M Processors. There is also a Pentium D and celeron D. If you want to know more about Intel processors go to the link below.\n\nEach chip has been designed to capture different parts of the market. The Pentium M is for laptops and primarily is designed to run a lot cooler because of confined spaces and to extend the life of the battery. This is the better CPU for a laptop. You can get the P4 in laptops but they weigh more and the battery rarely lasts more than an hour before you need to charge it up again.\n\nCeleron chips are cheaper but there's a reason for that :-)
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I'd say it depends on what you need to do.  BUT, I prefer Intel processors for laptops.  Someone said that AMD processors run hotter than Intel, they do.  And AMD processors are not as power efficient as Intel when it comes to mobile processors.  That being said, AMD has a dual core 64-bit Turion processor for laptops.  This means you can run 64-bit applications but note that there aren't many, save for Windows x64 and some versions of Linux.  That being said, many programs are not supported under 64-bit environments, those that use 16-bit installers for example.  Most computers with 64-bit processors just come with Windows XP home or Pro (32-bit) which is fine and what I reccommend, only you can't run 64-bit programs in that case (again, not many out there).\n\nNow we come down to it.  It turns out that the Core Duo processors from Intel are faster and more efficient than the AMD Turion 64x2.  You decide, but I'm sold on Intel as far as laptops are concerned.  Note, I still prefer AMD when it comes to desktops because AMD desktop processors still crush Intel.  Intel has caught up in the mobile world, it'll be a while before I trust my desktop to one.
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One key point to stress!\n\nAMD does not have a dual-core chip that was specifically designed for the portable market.  Those chips have not been introduced by AMD but will be introduced later in 2006 or 2007 according to the processor roadmap.\n\n"In the future, the Mobile platform will also transition to DDR2 support, only the thin and light notebooks will use socket S1 rather than socket M2. S1 appears to mostly be targeting a smaller package size, as it will also be a dual-channel DDR2 platform with support for the security and virtualization enhancements. Two code names appear on the roadmap for S1 parts, the Taylor core will be a dual core Turion 64 processor with security and virtualization support while the Keene will be a single core part without Pacifica and Presidio technologies."\n\nSource\n\nhttp://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2476&p=3\n\n\nWhat you're probably looking at is a laptop that makes use of the Desktop dual-core chip.  This setup is usually meant for a desktop replacement laptop that is really not suitable for lugging around.  Short battery life and weight will be prohibitive in comparison to "true" mobile chips.\n\nIf this is what you truly want that you don't have too many choices.  Your alternatives are Alienware and Hypersonic.\n\nhttp://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m7700/aurora-m_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT\n\nAlienWare is the industry leader in High Performance PC's.\n\nhttp://www.hypersonic-pc.com/2001/systems-mobile.asp\n\nHypersonic has a good reputation also.
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It's not so much the brand of laptop as it is the battery and other components of the laptop. If you go with a better battery, say an 8 cell versus a 6 cell, you'd get better battery life. Also, go with the Mobile Centrino Processor. It doesn't run as heavily on the RAM as other processors and will extend the power of your laptop and it's battery.\n\nTry looking around on the internet for some good battery extension tips and even which laptops are notorious battery killers.
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Core 2 Duo is far superior.  The Pentium 4, though it does have the capability of hyperthreading, it is still just a single core 32 bit processor.  The Core two duo has two 64 bit processing engines, so it can process more instructions at one time.
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Well I would take the Core Duo for two reasons.  First it is dual core, and secondly it is a mainstream processor and the Sempron is a budget model which means it has cut down features.  If you were comparing a Core Duo to a Turion X2, I would say go with the Turion X2, but in this case, I would easily say go with the Core Duo.
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Well, if you are running a centrino enabled laptop, then the laptop decreases its cpu speed to save battery power. I suggest you do a search on yahoo for "Notebook Hardware Control" You can tell the laptop to stay at a specific speed.
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Your best bet are the Centrino Lap Top CPUs
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Well, I advice HP. And also the following;\nIntel Centrino >= 1.7GHz\n>= 512MB RAM (1GB Recomm)\nWin XP Pro\n15.4 WXGA
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I highly doubt you can do that your self (no offense), its hard to do on laptops, however on desktops its cake (I've done it so many times)\nSince I weeded out doing a do-it-yourself upgrade, then that leaves you to upgrading through the manufacture, which i think would cost more then upgrading it in the first place. \n\nAlso I think i know where you are going with this. There not a huge difference in mobile processors. The Intel Pentium M Processor 1.7 GHz is essentially the same as a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz. So I wouldn’t worry so much about upgrading, but of course it would be a waste either.
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The performance differences between the Celeron-466 and the PentiumIII-450 can be illustrated using our CPU Comparator. \nIn summary, the main differences between Celerons and Pentiums are in the areas of bus speed and L2 cache features. Both Pentium-II's and -III's ship with 512kB of secondary (L2) CPU instruction cache. This allows the CPU to store recently used instructions close by and is responsible for much of their high performance.\n\nThe Celerons that Intel first introduced as a low-cost CPU alternative (266 & 300MHz versions) were basically just Pentium-II's without any L2 cache at all. This deficiency really punished Celeron performance when compared to competitive AMD and Cyrix chips. In response, subsequent Celeron versions (300A and up) were provided with 128kB of L2 cache. Though only one-quarter the size of the Pentium cache, it was built to run at the full speed of the respective CPU, rather than at half-speed as in the Pentiums. Due to its higher manufacturing cost and technical issues, the larger Pentium cache memory has always been set to run at only half the speed of the CPU itself. For a full-speed L2 in a Pentium design, you need to get into Intel's (much more expensive) Xeon line.\n\nWhat Intel plays down-- but nearly everyone knows-- is that the full-speed, quarter-size Celeron cache gives them almost the same performance as the half-speed, full-size cache gives Pentiums. Thus you'll find that, for most applications, Celerons rated at the same MHz will equal or better an equivalent Pentium-II, for a much lower price.\n\nFor example:\n\n     Celeron @ 466MHz x 128kB L2 @ 466MHz =>\n     Pentium-II @ 450MHz x 512kB L2 @ 225MHz\n\nPentium-III's are given an added boost with an inherently faster system bus speed (100MHz vs. 66MHz for the Celerons) and Intel's new SSE 3D instruction set. This combination of hardware and firmware enhancements gives Pentium-III's a significant edge over the Celeron's smaller cache and slower bus.\n\n=)
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This is a bit hard to compare because the two are quite similiar, and you'll get more variety depending on the notebook manufacturer. Ghz for ghz, they're about the same speed because of the similiar length of their pipelines.\n\nThe Centrino Duo is dual core, so it will perform better in multitasking situations. In single threaded situations, the Centrino duo core will only perform marginally better across the platform. The Turion64 surprisingly, is a bit more power efficient.\n\nI suggest going for the Centrino duo core because it has better multitasking abilities, which will reduce the possibility of a CPU hang-up if a program starts eating away at 100% of the CPU load. Second, because it's newer technology. Once Intel and Microsoft fix that USB bug that's wasting power in Centrino laptops, the Centrino will definitely become more power efficient (anywhere from 5-30%). Third, no matter how much I hate Dell for being a pain in the ***, I gotta admit that dell has some ridiculously good deals on Intel processors. They're selling $700 laptops that Sony is selling for $1400. Their Core Duo Laptops start at $600 while HP/Compaq is starting at $900. It's a cut-throat partnership dell and intel have, and you should take advantage of it.\n\nDealnews.com lists all sorts of electronic deals (including dell coupons), so go take a look if you're going to buy a laptop. I hope this helps.
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As PDAs from different companies have different set of underlying hardware (to the extent that even the processors used are differnt) you would need to get in touch with the technocal support folks of your PDA company to see if they have a ROM upgrade. \n\nIf you have lots of technical details on your PDA including the hardware devices used in it, you could roll out your own PocketPC 2003 ROM with MS Platform Builder tools. This does require a great deal of knowledge on the hardware platform itself.
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Core 2 Duo is the latest Intel processor family, It is almost like having two processors working simultaneously, so when you are running two programmes your laptop will process the information quicker than Pentium and Centrino with similar spec.