Get a faster desktop chip (cheap).
Get a matching HDD and a RAID card, stripe them for a huge speed boost (something you cannot do with the laptop).
Get some more RAM for the desktop.
Still probably under the cost of the memory for the laptop. Also, personal experience tells me that laptops do suffer a bit in the downsizing process. Remember, they are made to be efficient, not as fast as a dekstop. Their HDDs while running at 7200RPM will almost always be slower, and much more delicate. I don't know of many laptops that are made to stand up to extremely high use tasks.
In all reality, you should have a decent workstation with SCSI drives and perhaps dual CPUs.
Get a matching HDD and a RAID card, stripe them for a huge speed boost (something you cannot do with the laptop).
Get some more RAM for the desktop.
Still probably under the cost of the memory for the laptop. Also, personal experience tells me that laptops do suffer a bit in the downsizing process. Remember, they are made to be efficient, not as fast as a dekstop. Their HDDs while running at 7200RPM will almost always be slower, and much more delicate. I don't know of many laptops that are made to stand up to extremely high use tasks.
In all reality, you should have a decent workstation with SCSI drives and perhaps dual CPUs.
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As noted, go with the desktop. I have seen them side by side (not yours specifically) and new hotness laptops are still slower than old hotness desktops. Testing OS loads or rebuilding for testing patches, the desktops always beat the laptops to completion. Startup is also slower on laptops in part to all of the PnP device and slower IO. The FSB is usually slower too.
And Tablets are even slower
Edit - btw, Mango mentioned it... I am twisting it in the other direction. It would be easier and cheaper to add a scratch drive for Adobe PS CS in the desktop.
And Tablets are even slower
Edit - btw, Mango mentioned it... I am twisting it in the other direction. It would be easier and cheaper to add a scratch drive for Adobe PS CS in the desktop.
Considering they are meant to take the abuse of a laptop, they are definately not more delicate.
You do realise that mobile versions of desktop chips are the same thing, but work at a lower voltage, right? Why do you think mobile bartons became so popular with overclockers?
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My point is a Pentium-M isn't a redesigned, toned down Pentium 4. It's a completely different processor altogether. In fact it's a very fast processor... definately faster than a pentium 4 or athlon at the same clock speed. I was mostly wondering where he got the idea that a mobile processor is "missing things" that a desktop processor has. I'll quit hijacking this thread though.
My opinion is his current laptop is better than his current desktop, but since that ram is going to cost so much he may as well upgrade his desktop and have two pretty fast machines.
Okay, first of all, all the information I can find says that.. for photoshop performance..
In most benchmarks, the Athlon64 are tied with the Prescott for photoshop performance at the same rattings, with the Pentium-M slightly lagging. But the laptop should be much faster than your AthlonXP.
That being said, a serious photoshop workstation as well as a 3d rendering station should consist of a high frequency Pentium-4 or Athlon64. The Pentium-4 seems to do well in 3d mark, the Athlon64 in some 3d rendering programs. Both have similar performance in photoshop. But you really need to research *your* specific applications, as there are massive exceptions to these 'General' rules of thumb. Like, the Athlon64 hands the P4's ass to it in Adobe premiere, while in Roxio Video Wave, the P4 3.4 inches past the mighty Athlon64 FX-55. Do research on your applications and make intelligent decisions based on that. At any rate, that 1.6GHz Pentium-M will be handily beaten by the majority of mid range Pentium4s and Athlon64s.
In most benchmarks, the Athlon64 are tied with the Prescott for photoshop performance at the same rattings, with the Pentium-M slightly lagging. But the laptop should be much faster than your AthlonXP.
That being said, a serious photoshop workstation as well as a 3d rendering station should consist of a high frequency Pentium-4 or Athlon64. The Pentium-4 seems to do well in 3d mark, the Athlon64 in some 3d rendering programs. Both have similar performance in photoshop. But you really need to research *your* specific applications, as there are massive exceptions to these 'General' rules of thumb. Like, the Athlon64 hands the P4's ass to it in Adobe premiere, while in Roxio Video Wave, the P4 3.4 inches past the mighty Athlon64 FX-55. Do research on your applications and make intelligent decisions based on that. At any rate, that 1.6GHz Pentium-M will be handily beaten by the majority of mid range Pentium4s and Athlon64s.
I'm running an Athlon Xp 1800+ with 768 PC2100 and I have a dell 700m with a Centrino 1.6 and 512 of the PC2700. I can do anything on my laptop that I can on my desktop and do it in shorter time. I run Photoshop CS, Inventor Pro, and 3max on it with no problem. You should have much better performance with the vid card in that mobile workstation. I had a performance test against a friends P4 3.0E with 1gig PC3200 ram and we were equal in everything. I would recommend the mobile workstation, if money is not a problem.
assuming your current desktop memory is pc2700 or faster I'd upgrade the desktop, a new nforce2 mobo and proc, aren't anywhere near the $350 you'd spend on the memory upgrade for the laptop. (those are nice laptops btw)
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IAteYourMother
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I would upgrade the desktop. You'll probably have to change out everything except the video card, but I think you would be better in the long run.
Regardless of whether or not a Pentium M is on battery or AC, it continually changes clock speeds. Even if it is on battery, if the workload requires 1.6GHz it will run at that speed.
Regardless of whether or not a Pentium M is on battery or AC, it continually changes clock speeds. Even if it is on battery, if the workload requires 1.6GHz it will run at that speed.
Intel Says New Mobile Chip Equals High-End Pentium 4 in Performance
2.14ghz Centrino = P4 3.6ghz
Of course, the new Centrino has all the latest bells and whistles (PCI Express + DDR2), but I remember seeing that a Centrino at 1.4 was around a P4 of like 2.8 or something.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119366,00.asp
2.14ghz Centrino = P4 3.6ghz
Of course, the new Centrino has all the latest bells and whistles (PCI Express + DDR2), but I remember seeing that a Centrino at 1.4 was around a P4 of like 2.8 or something.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119366,00.asp
Hmmm so maybe I should drop my laptop and then jump on it so that it can't be fixed. Then under my dell insurance l will get a brand new replacment laptop
Unfortunately I am too honest but I would not mind if the laptop had a brutal accident naturally
(without me near it as I don't want to die with the laptop ;-)
IAteYourMother
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