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Which one is best?
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AMD SEMPRON 3300+ PROCESSOR 1.8GHz
or
INTEL CELERON M 370 PROCESSOR 1.50GHz
or
INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.7GHz
I really do not know much about computers, so I would like your advice on which is best.
Basically, I have £550 to spend on a laptop for my younger sisters birthday. Was looking at some Compaq Presarios. It would need to be wireless enabled.
Any ideas?
or
INTEL CELERON M 370 PROCESSOR 1.50GHz
or
INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.7GHz
I really do not know much about computers, so I would like your advice on which is best.
Basically, I have £550 to spend on a laptop for my younger sisters birthday. Was looking at some Compaq Presarios. It would need to be wireless enabled.
Any ideas?
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i have a different opinion for desktops (AMD always), but definitely intel for laptops.
I'd probably go for the INTEL PENTIUM M 735 PROCESSOR 1.7GHz in a laptop
Plus, it is faster. AMD generally perform, in real terms, far faster than Intel chips do.
Yeah but they also fail alot more in my opinion...
And in my experience, they have been absolutley fine.
Wheras Intel, not so. My P4 isn't that old, and is running lamely. Too hot, even with a new HS/F, and losing performance. Fucking thing.
AMD are better overall, imho - Cheaper, Faster, more stable, and run cooler.
It's all down to taste. Intel perform better for Video Compresion mind.
Just the same as normal windows XP, just looks a bit nicer and has a media program on it for playing music, vids, organizing photos etc
Exactly. Dont get me wrong... I have an AMD in my home pc...
Its just from what I have seen at work, very rarely get a PC in for repair with a failed pentium, had a fair few AMD's. But that was a year or 2 back... I think they have improved very much so recently.
and ive never had a problem with one ever
That is true. AMD's good for desktops, but for a laptop go with Intel 735 1.7GHz. It'll more power efficient and less likely to overheat than the AMD.
The Intel processors will be more than enough for boring, humdrum laptop use. Office, playing music, going online - and they tend to give better battery life than the AMD variety, and cook your legs at a far gentler rate during summer.
In the real world, most people wouldn't notice any difference between a 1ghz Pentium 3 and the latest-and-greatest 50ghz processors. Any difference in performance will be negligible unless you're encoding video(ripping DVDs), playing games, or working with large CAD drawings.
I'd go Intel in a laptop, and AMD in a desktop. As for whether to use a Celeron or a Pentium - go for whichever machine makes the most sense financially and ergonomically. Either processor will be slow in 2 years time - might as well either save the cash now or make sure it's a comfortable and robust machine
More memory makes more difference than processor speed for most users.
LINK!?! I want a 50ghz processor!!!
Here you go... it's just as fast as a P4 clocked at 50ghz
I have a 484... and a 686!
Nah, DOS is still the best. Windows... ffft!