need info on laptop processors

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I am about to purchase 2 laptops. My budget is around $700 for one that doesnt need to be top of the line, just a decent laptop for my brother(in college). The other HAS to be a HP-compaq for my dad for around $1200.

For the one around $700... is there a big difference if I go with AMD processors.. the laptops seem cheaper than the ones using Intel... where can I go and read the real difference, I dont mind spending time learning about the differences between AMD and Intel.

Does anyone have any suggestions in what specific model of AMD I should look into... and if you could suggest a brand of computer, I would also appreciate it.

Thank you.

 

[Furen]

Laptop Logic has a pretty good article that points out the differences between the two CPUs. Basically it says that the damn things perform about the same, have similar power requirements but the AMD ones are much cheaper. If you are thinking about Mobile Semprons and Celerons then the Sempron is vastly superior, since it has PowerNow (it clocks down when not in use), which the Celeron Ms don't (this can have a huge impact on battery life).

HP has some Turion notebooks but you'll have to hunt for them, since it doesn't really push them too hard compared to Centrinos (HP Compaq nx6125 is a supposed "thin and light" with a 15" screen, it also has a fingerprint sensor).

 

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Thanks a lot

I think I'll go with the Semprons for the cheaper one... and even though I was pretty fixed on getting the HP (INTEL w HT) for the "more expensive one"... I might go for a HP Turion if I can find a good one pricegrabber.com

Thanks again...

 

[Furen]

A Pentium 4 with HT will give you close to no battery life (courtesy of its 100W+ power consumption). Turions and Semprons are good and so are Pentium Ms, so go with whichever one of these and you won't regret it. Mobile A64s could be good, but the power consumption is so much better on the Turion/Sempron parts, that there's no point to going for these.