nephalim
Psychic Vampire
It's so hard to figure out what is better than something else, at Dell's site they have 3 different "ultimate" models, with the most expensive seemingly having a ridiculously slow processor...i'll make this simple. I'll just ask a few questions.
What's with this new "Pentium Processor M"? How come it's only available on the most expensive system, has a 400mhz FSB (as opposed to the regular P4's 533mhz on mobile systems,) and most importantly, is sold at a max speed of 1.7mhz. Is there something i'm missing? Is this some Centrino thing (also which I know nothing about?) Is it's 1.7mhz equivalent to 3ghz in a P4? Why is it so expensive? I notice it has a 1MB L2 cache as opposed to a 512KB in all other processors
How does the "Mobile P4-M" compare to the "P4-M"? Once again, when it comes to Dell at least, The "Mobile" P4-M has only a 400mhz FSB compared to the 533 in the P4-M. What the hell? Is the "mobile" P4-M one step closer to "mobile?" What's the difference, battery usage? I imagine since a more mobile processor would be made to run cooler, it would run consequently faster as well.
Did I mention they also have a "Pentium Processor M Low Voltage"? Luckily we can drop that one right here...
Then we come to graphics cards. What's the (64MB DDR) NVIDIA GeForce™4 4200 Go equivilant in desktop cards, vs. the (128MB) nVidia GeForce™ FX Go 5650? Are they all that much better than the M9, and isn't Radeon coming out with a new card soon?...
I want to get a new laptop, and I want to spend under 2k....Dell seems to do the best for the money, but they can't seem to figure out what their top-of-the-line model is...the "Pentium M" at 1.7ghz is like $2500 in a standard system....I don't get it...
What's with this new "Pentium Processor M"? How come it's only available on the most expensive system, has a 400mhz FSB (as opposed to the regular P4's 533mhz on mobile systems,) and most importantly, is sold at a max speed of 1.7mhz. Is there something i'm missing? Is this some Centrino thing (also which I know nothing about?) Is it's 1.7mhz equivalent to 3ghz in a P4? Why is it so expensive? I notice it has a 1MB L2 cache as opposed to a 512KB in all other processors
How does the "Mobile P4-M" compare to the "P4-M"? Once again, when it comes to Dell at least, The "Mobile" P4-M has only a 400mhz FSB compared to the 533 in the P4-M. What the hell? Is the "mobile" P4-M one step closer to "mobile?" What's the difference, battery usage? I imagine since a more mobile processor would be made to run cooler, it would run consequently faster as well.
Did I mention they also have a "Pentium Processor M Low Voltage"? Luckily we can drop that one right here...
Then we come to graphics cards. What's the (64MB DDR) NVIDIA GeForce™4 4200 Go equivilant in desktop cards, vs. the (128MB) nVidia GeForce™ FX Go 5650? Are they all that much better than the M9, and isn't Radeon coming out with a new card soon?...
I want to get a new laptop, and I want to spend under 2k....Dell seems to do the best for the money, but they can't seem to figure out what their top-of-the-line model is...the "Pentium M" at 1.7ghz is like $2500 in a standard system....I don't get it...