Laptop - Which is the best, what am i looking for?

[Angre Nichols]

Hello,

My main question is a P4 better then the M processors? HP is the only advertisement i've seen that has a P4 the rest or M whatevers.

I dont need DVD multilayer burns as I intend to us portable drives.

I'ld like some decent vid card as I want to play games and watch movies (but not too much im getting a bit old for it)

Decent battery life would be nice i guess.

I dunno what else?

[DazedNConfuzed]

P4=eh/crappy battery life
M=mobile/mobility=better battery life
decent video card=$ to the price of the overall laptop. not really a necessity for a general purpose laptop.

3 words.
AMD Turion 64

[tsehou]

A pentium M of lower clock speed is able to outperform a pentium 4 of higher clockspeed. For example, a Pentium M 1.6 Ghz is better than a Pentium 4 of 2.0 Ghz.

[DazedNConfuzed]

outperform how?
i'd like to read up on this...

[AMD]

The evil Mhz/Ghz Myth (http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22mhz+myth%22&meta=)

[Jackthemeangiant]

http://www.thecomputermechanics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=915

This laptop cost me about ~$1,800. The price can go even cheaper if you get a different harddrive.

[tsehou]

outperform how?
i'd like to read up on this...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2382&p=5
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2342&p=11

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20050525/pentium4-10.html

A Pentium M 1.8 Ghz is about equivalent to a Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz depending on applications. This just reinforces the fact that to gauge performance, don't depend solely on the clock speed. The clock speed is a factor, but there are many others that can play a greater role.