nkjg wrote:
> It depends on what you need. If you're looking at a
> common desktop to surf, e-mail, listen to music, watch
> movies, you probalby shouldn't even be thinking about
> what's up and what's down. Just about any system you buy
> out there will do all fo the above. For higher end
> processes, Intel has the advantage with Hyper-threading,
> but it comes at a fairly steep price, although I have
> seen pretty high end systems (P4-HT 3.0, 1 GB DDR RAM,
> 120 GB HD, 128 MB ATI 9600 Radeon, etc etc) for about
> $1000 USD.
>
> For laptops on the other hand, it's a totally different
> story. AMD laptop chips are HORRIBLE!!! They run very
> very hot, and burn through the battery like there's no
> tomorrow. Intel definately has the advantage here with
> their new Pentium-M chips. And, the P-M chip is dropping
> in price pretty quickly as well, so if might be worth
> your while to wait a bit for this to happen.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Nick
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Id have to say Intel
>> Even though AMD Chips are cheaper
>> Most of the computers i see for sale have Intel CPU's
>> I dont think it really matters. I've used a computer or two with AMD
>> cpu's and they are not that bad
>>
>> "John A Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> who's got the edge right now ... and who's got the best bang/buck
>>> ...
>>>
>>> non-multithreaded apps
>>>
>>> multithreaded apps
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> .
I do not know where you get this advice, but it is completely wrong.
AMD laptops perform as well, if not better than, any but the fastest P4.
The PM is another story. For average business or personal applications
a user might not be able to discerne the difference between an AMD
laptop and a P4/P4M, the battery life is clearly superior to any P4/P4M
if using the AMD speed stepping. Laptop heating is more of a design
problem than it is a characteristic of AMD and P4/P4M, IMO. Some HP
AMDs run very hot; others do not, as an example. The price differential
between an AMD mobile and a PM is clearly a reason to carefully examine
the price/performance of the AMD; many users will never have reason for
the additional battery life of the PM, which is merely incremental to
that from an AMD at a substantial price premium. Battery life is the
only PM characteristic that cannot be had at a lower price with AMD
AFICS.
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