p4 vs amd

thinking of getting a laptop but cant decide on a pentium or amd processor any comments on which is better ?

 

AMD = power
Intel = reliability
IMHO.........

 

I haven't seen any Turion chipsets out there for laptops.. I'd go centrino (intel) for a lappy.

 

like ace 256 said AMD is POWER so if ur planning to do some gaming with ur laptop than AMD it up!

 

i agree with Kodo, go for a centrino on a notebook, this will also save u battery time

 

Intel for stibality and batt life
AMD for pure power and gaming
But nether will perform good in games if you have a crap card with no dedecated ram dont get a lappy with shared video ram even if your not ganna be gaming.....
But its realy up to you and what your ganna be using the lappy for ....

 

I get a good discount with dell computers thru my work , they have a pentium m processor and celeron processor and I have heard of a centrino which is better or faster ?

 

I would also suggest a laptop with a Pentium-M processor. (which is part of a centrino notebook) Centrino is just a standard that mainly includes a Pentium-M processor with integrated wireless networking, and maybe a few other things... If you're going to do any gaming, definitely get a decent video card. (i.e. Geforce 6600/6800 series or Radeon X600/X800 series)

For gaming:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/pro...ujjZE/i0cNNrXMUAXkMcoer0NHiHd8L5u8vQxomLJvw==

For no gaming:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/pro...Hh9/DThucQKhZoqKrePYaNeVWULqPodMXOV9SaVOzgQ==

For a budget:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/pro...rqKBhFJkAycHxJzQ3vF2CuVXCqIXaaxe7ZUksxB2oJg==

 

dont really do any game playing ,will be mostly for music , video , watching dvds and internet while away from home . looking at the hp with amd athlon 64 but would like to know if that is better than the turion 64 or the sepron

 

The Turion 64 is AMD's version of the Intel M series of CPUs. I haven't read any reviews on comparisons....

 

Check out the Acer 5002WLMI with a Turion 64 and 1GB of memory.

Turion gives good battery life and is 64 bit. Plus AMD rocks ^^

 

if you want intel, get a pentium 4, p4s are power hogs, but i think the mobile ones won't eat as much power as regular ones.

I'd get the new amd mobile processor, i heard some good things, but if you're not concerned with battery life, get an amd64

 

There are two basic kinds of major laptop roles.

1. Laptops as mobile computing devices. Battery power and general desktop apps, with occasional DVD watching. For these laptops, you want a Centrino (Pentium M) laptop. Period. AMD is still playing catch-up here.

2. Laptops as desktop replacement devices. Here the laptop will mainly spend it's time on a desk, perhaps moving from one desk to another but generally being plugged in the whole time. These kinds of laptops are essentially ultra-small-form-factor. Here you should get the same thing you want in a desktop PC, which will either be a P4 or an AMD/AMD64. Personally, I would avoid any P4-based laptop simply because they consume so much power and generate so much heat it almost precludes any form of limited mobile computing. A high end P4 will easily go through a high-capacity battery before you can play a 2 hour DVD (playing a DVD is one of the most power-demanding tasks for a laptop, primarily because of the power the DVD drive itself uses and the video and audio decoding the processor does).

 

......definitely get a decent video card. (i.e. Geforce 6600/6800 series or Radeon X600/X800 series)

this may seem a lil dumb...... but i would pay good money to see someone put a graphics card into a lappy

 

Try this:

http://alienware.com/product_detail...sCode=PC-LT-AREA51-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

It has a 6800 Ultra Go Pci-express video "card" in it.

 

is hard drive speed important the ones i have been looking at have 5400 or 4200rpm

 

Yes, very important, the faster the better.

I'm no laptop expert but I think the fastest is 5400 RPM.

As laptops aren't really as "upgradeable" or as user-serviceable as a desktop, I would suggest you get the best components you can afford.

A lot of manufacturers use desktop chips in laptops to save money and increase power, however they have issues with heat and battery life.

Make sure the CPU isn't just a "standard" desktop chip.