Laptops: mobile Centrino VS. AMD Athlon 64

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How do you put together a laptop? Is there manufacturer that sell case and
motherboard for a laptop?
 
noone said:
How do you put together a laptop? Is there manufacturer that sell case
and motherboard for a laptop?
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You can buy what is known as a Carcass, this is a laptop minus CPU, Memory,
Drives etc...you then build it up to the spec you require.

However these are generally only available from trade suppliers and to be
honest are often not as nice machines as their brandname counterparts.
 
I want to put together a laptop but I'm cannot decide which route to take.
Does anyone know of a good place to buy? And does any have any suggestions
on what to purchase? Centrino or AMD Athlon 64 for a laptop? Any suggestions
or tips where to lean on?

Thanks,
Stephanie
 
If you go to pricewatch.com you can find many. When you go to
tomshardware.com, they recommend coboc.com
check them out.

Stephanie
 
that was not an option, i was looking for info the Pentium M Centrino or the
AMD Athlon 64 chips. P4's run to hot........

Thanks
Stephanie
 
the centrino is not a cpu it is a machine with wifi and other stuff and
usually comes with
a Mobile p4. check out the dell 600m. btw the p4 mobile processor is much
different than a regular p4.
I have a laptop with a 1.6 and it runs as fast as my desktop with a p4 2.4.
the mobile p4 2.0 runs like
a 3.2 gig P4 and make sure you do not get integrated graphics.
 
that's a good point Jim, it is 'worded' everywhere as "centrino CPU" then
you look at the specs and it comes up Pentium M (mobile 4).
 
To the original poster: is cost a factor?

The Pentium M does very well on benchmarks. When I bought my notebook, I
went with a P4HT (Northwood at 3.2GHz) because the M wasn't available in a
configuration I wanted.

I only get about 90 minutes of battery life with a full-bore P4 but the M
draws something like 1/4 of the power and would increase battery life and
lower heat a great deal. Seems to have a more efficient design - you get
better throughput for a given clock speed on the Pentium M.

I found Tom's Hardware pages useful.
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20030205/index.html

Thanks to whoever posted the Intel Centrino link. It's also a good resource.
http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/

Good luck.
C.
 
Hank said:
I love to top post ..... it pisses people off .... you know what ?? TOO
BAD.
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****tards like you don't know how to post correctly. **** off you arsehole.
 
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