Members TheDude15k Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 im totally a noob when it comes to computers. whats the difference between a pentium 4 and a pentium m processor? which is better? Im looking for a notebook computer but im not really sure what all to look for. help please! lol thanks. -rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldivor Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 IIRC the M is for mobile, which is designed for laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by mxpxfan IIRC the M is for mobile, which is designed for laptops. ...which also means that Pentium M-based laptops generally run longer on battery power. Pentium 4 is still a more powerful processor. But Pentium M's are not nearly as bad as... say... Celerons... ick!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDude15k Posted June 20, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 So if i got a notebook with a pentium 4 it would essentially be faster, but the battery would not lats as long without being plugged in? is this right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by TheDude15k So if i got a notebook with a pentium 4 it would essentially be faster, but the battery would not lats as long without being plugged in? is this right? As a general rule... yes. Personally, I haven't noticed much difference in speed between a Pentium M and a Pentium 4. However... I also haven't had a lot of experience using Pentium M's for processor intensive applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mounds Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 As far as I've seen-- the new P4M chips that have the whole "centrino" package installed (wireless internet + mobile pentium CPU) perform nearly on par with desktop machines. The new P4M's have 2MB of onboard cache, which makes execution a bit faster-- since the queue can get longer, which means the CPU doesn't have to poll the RAM for instructions as frequently. the result is much higher speed (read: throughput) than the original PM. My notebook runs at 1.6GHz (1024MB RAM, 128MB Video) and I get ~3 hours of battery time when I'm working with normal stuff, and slightly less with DVD playback or gaming. my machines at work are 2.4GHz and the notebook feels just about as fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDude15k Posted June 20, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 what is the best processor out there? what is an athlon like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zachoff Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 The M chips don't get as hot as regular P4 chips either... Something else to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by TheDude15k what is the best processor out there? what is an athlon like? Athlons are nice. But I'm not up to speed on their mobile technology. They are (arguably) just as fast, if not faster, than their Intel counterparts. But Intel chips have one more cycle of error-checking. IMPO, not real important unless it's a server, some client-based database (which there aren't too many), or some spreadsheet on steroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluesman0511 Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 Originally posted by PaulyWally Athlons are nice. But I'm not up to speed on their mobile technology. They are (arguably) just as fast, if not faster, than their Intel counterparts. But Intel chips have one more cycle of error-checking. IMPO, not real important unless it's a server, some client-based database (which there aren't too many), or some spreadsheet on steroids. Don't athlons run a lot hotter than Intel CPUs? I have a 2 year old athlon in my home machine. Never had a lick of troublke with it, but I upgraded the fan and the motherboard ( this is a noname system I bought off the web at www.pcusa.com ). I would personally stay away from an athlon in a notebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LittleWoodenBoy Posted June 20, 2005 Members Share Posted June 20, 2005 I had a mobile Athlon in my machine a while back, but that's because the mobile Athlons ran at a lower voltage than their normal counterparts, so they overclocked like bastards if you stuck them in a normal PC and cranked the voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fintucfin Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 The Pentium M is a great performer, don't let its slower clock speed compared to P4's put you off. Interestingly, the new dual-core Athlon 64's wipe the floor with Intel's dual-core Pentium 4's. They run cooler, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rippin' Robin Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 My 1600MHz Pentium-M centrino / 512Mb kicks the hind end of my desktop Athlon XP2600+ / 1152 Mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDude15k Posted June 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 what do yall think about apple computers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rippin' Robin Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by TheDude15k what do yall think about apple computers? *silently backs up out of this topic* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDude15k Posted June 21, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by Rippin' Robin *silently backs up out of this topic* haha. I have two friends of mine that have apple computers and love them. one uses hers mainly for digital photography and the other primarily uses his for recording music. but both of them swear on these computers. I wouldnt mind getting one but i heard that alot of programs, such as fruity loops cannot be used on a mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by Bluesman0511 Don't athlons run a lot hotter than Intel CPUs? I have a 2 year old athlon in my home machine. Never had a lick of troublke with it, but I upgraded the fan and the motherboard ( this is a noname system I bought off the web at www.pcusa.com ). I would personally stay away from an athlon in a notebook. I've got one in my HP, has run for 2 years no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheDarxide Posted June 21, 2005 Members Share Posted June 21, 2005 Originally posted by TheDude15k what do yall think about apple computers? They rock. But be prepared for a bit of a change, and potential incompatibility. I've got a copy of most PC programs on there, but I still run into problems here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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