reikoshea

not always. the way technology works, more is not always better. in the case of the duo it runs hotter (meaning more resistance which requires faster speeds to make up for the heat produced), the on dye cache is lower and the amd has better memory access. they are still pretty equal right now.

If i can put it a different way, my 2.8GHz pentium 4 was WAY slower than my 2.0GHz Pentium M (aka centrino). My Pentium M has better memory management and higher on dye cache, and tada, we found the performace increase.

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in testing, dual cores run about 28% faster than single cores when utilized at over 80%. How often do you spike a cpu to 80%? The difference is great for a full load application, like a database server.... but for posting on HS and doing papers and email, i doubt you'll notice a difference.

I ALWAYS have a full task bar... 3 ff widows with about 5 tabs open in each, editplus, outlook, thunderbird, winamp, aim, msn, skype, gtalk, photoshop, word, and a windows explorer window are currently what I have open. Not to mention avg, my alarm clock, a windows update pending note running in the bg.

i'm averaging about 40-50% cpu usage. and the amd is smart. it de-clocks it self when you don't need it to save battery juice. I've seen it anywhere from 1.3 to 2.1 ghz on the properties of my system.
i am using no pagefile on my 1gb system. 1gb is plenty due to its fast transfer bus speeds.

i'm a developer and use high 'bandwidth' tools all day long, half the time through a remote desktop session open on top of it with vpn'ed networked drives... and i have 0 problems.

Do you need more than that?
i'll post a screen shot as proof in full display.

if your looking at hp, go to hp.com. why bother with a middle man?

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totalburnout

I believe you that it works B and I know dual core would be overkill - I was just saying if there was an instance where I could get the amd single core or pentium dual core for the same price - which do I go for?

Any of these computers are going to be overkill for me. My i-tunes has like 250songs and I don't have limewire or any other music downloading p2p on this computer anymore, I no longer game, I haven't photoshopped in forever. Basically I use firefox, microsoft office for school or home use, and aim.

Sound would definately be a plus, but I might find myself buying a surround sound type deal with tiny speakers with a high output so I can use the notebook as a dj when having a party at school. Maybe thats not the best idea at school though, at home we trust each other and my buddy always ran his system that way with his notebook or ipod.

pissedoffsol

i'd choose the amd.... especially with vista right around the corner. the intel's aren't 64 bit.

www.hardwarezone.com Forums - Intel centrino duo core vs AMD Turion64





not notebook related, but on a server head-to-head, the amd opteron blows away the intel xeon.
AMD vs. Intel: AMD Challenges Intel to a Dual-Core Duel

pissedoffsol

also, the amd turion 64 X2 is a dual core. but its a few more buxks than the single core orig. version and will probably bump you out of your price range.

MikeBergy

sager, panasonic, sony vaio, or toshiba ftw, but they're probably not in your price range. I'll most likely get a toughbook when I am in the market for a laptop.

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i still love my computer.......except the charger died today....so i probably wont be on much in the mornings.

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totalburnout

I might just go with the HP then, depending on what I can get with it in comparison to the Dell.

pissedoffsol

dooooooo it

reikoshea

i cant say anything about NEW HPs but the old ones (before HT but after P4) really sucked, those are the ones im always "fixing".

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pissedoffsol

screw intel...

reikoshea

lol...ill keep saying it. Intel has always served me well, i think for my next desktop system (or notebook) if i go pc, ill probably run with an AMD chip. Something tells me that my next system will be a mac though. They are so easy and i really dont do anything that the mac will restrict me on. Itd also be nice to have final cut pro again. Im glad my boss bought me Premire. Having legit software is pretty nice.

There are torrent clients for mac, right?

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pissedoffsol

demonoid has a mac category...

and final cut has a pc version...

reikoshea

the pc version of final cut sucks about as bad as the pc version of flash. i had to use it for school once, and it does not function right at all. its like trying to play soccer on crutches.

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Dell/compaq/hp/gateway/etc..

Its all the same cookie cutter stuff. Mass produced with the cheapest components available. I would interchange any of those.

You are looking to spend around $1k, so a custom system wouldn't be in your price range.. But these run of the mill systems are good enough to do anything an average user would require of it. Unless you are into graphic production or hard core gaming or something like that, any of the above would kick ass and take names for you. Very rarely do these systems actually have hardware problems.. 99 times out of 100 its some iddiot who jacked up the software in one way or another or dropped it. Yeah, one pukes up a hard drive or whatever once in a while.. I'm not saying they are bullet proof, but they will certainly make the "good enough" mark.

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I wouldn't.

skillz2k5

Dell = SHIT. My friend dj's using his laptop and I've fixed two different ones more times than I can count on my fingers and toes and he's had to straight up throw one away. We both use hp now. I picked two up for 300 bucks. I'm on my hp pavilion ze 1115 right now and never have had a problem (it was also purchased for 130 bucks). Check out ebay if you want a cheap solution.

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Oh BTW FUCK INTEL. Sorry for you intel guys but I've been an amd man from day 1.

totalburnout

I think they jacked prices somewhere.

I can't configure a system that cheaply. Its like $1000 even when I use the ML-34 chip and $1055 when I use the ML-37 chip.

I wish the TV tuner card wasn't so damn much. Is there someplace I could get one for a notebook cheaper? Same deal with the ram...Could I find 512mb ram somewhere for cheaper than $75 and install it myself, because the upgrade from 512mb ram to 1gb costs $75.

totalburnout

The dell is looking like its actually coming out to be cheaper, even with the Intel vs Amd chip.

Except the dell doesn't have as nice of video card.

jeffie7

Dude, just go and buy a Packard Bell. Nuff Said!

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pissedoffsol

you snooze, you loose... prices went up :P

santanashonda

AMD all the way

ScrapinSi

I agree with B... My HP Laptop is AMAZING... Mine is Intel HT not AMD though, but the Altec Speakers are AMAZING, and the screen quality is the best i've ever seen.

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No B, I'm tight...you loose, mofo.