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Posted by Judd on January 22, 2005, 11:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options very predictable Youssef
> Blondie wrote:
> > In relation to processors specifically, which would be the most
> > suitable/powerful for use in a notebook/laptop which will be primarily
used
> > for video editing. I have no interest in battery life, just performance,
I'd
> > rather spend more money than make compromises on performance and for
bonus
> > points is anybody able to explain where each family of processors would
sit
> > in relation to each other, ie, I understand celeron to be a cut down
version
> > of the real thing, but what is Pentium M and mobile pentium 4 etc.
>
> Looks like what you're looking for is the category of laptops known as
> desktop replacements (DTR). For these, you would want either a top-end
> Intel Pentium 4 processor or a top-end to middle-road AMD Athlon 64
> processor.
>
> Celerons are good for puttering around with laptops, if you have not a
> lot of requirements for your laptop, and you own a good quality desktop
> computer too. It's often nice to have a portable around to lug from your
> place a friend's place, etc. You might be able to use it to display some
> videos or pictures or stuff. And an occasional light-duty game. An
> alternative to this would be an AMD Sempron processor.
>
> Pentium M is the real road-warrior processor -- it's a very low-power
> consumption processor. It's mostly used in ultra-light laptops (4lbs or
> less), but if they use them in larger laptops, you can expect these
> things to last 4 hours or more. There's no real AMD alternative to this
> class of processor yet, but AMD has announced that they will create a
> processor called Turion which will compete against Pentium M/Centrino.
>
> Yousuf Khan
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