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Centrino vs. Mobile Pentium 4?

May 15, 2004 12:10PM PDT

What's the difference? Which one performs better? Are both wi-fi? Some one please help me.

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Re:Centrino vs. Mobile Pentium 4?
May 15, 2004 12:15PM PDT

Both can support WiFi. Both run the usual programs. One is optimized for laptop use, the other is offered in laptops for those that only will buy a P4.

You can roughly multiple the clock rate of a Centrino by 2 to get an idea what clock rate a P4 has to be at.

Bob

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Re:Centrino vs. Mobile Pentium 4?
Sep 6, 2004 7:20AM PDT

Proffitt,
Distorting statistics doesn't, by any means, make your point stronger.
Firstly, Centrino wasn't born when Penium mobile processors III & probably IV were being offered in laptops. So it's not just for name's sake!
Secondly, the factor is around 1.5 and definitely not 2.

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Distortions.
Sep 6, 2004 8:03AM PDT

Sorry, the number is from 1.5 to 2 depending on the models you compare and what benchmarks you use.

Thanks for clarifying that it matters about the CPU model.

Bob

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Re: Distortions.
Sep 6, 2004 9:59AM PDT

Yes, the comparison between the Pentium M cpu (in Centrino Notebooks) and the Intel Pentium 4M is somewhere in between 1.5 and 2.

Both of these are Intel cpus so they have no reason to distort their comparison information as they want you to buy one or the other.

Bob wants a 64bit Athlon processor or one of its upcoming sucessors (which will likely have 2 cpu's on 1 chip) for the upcoming Microsoft Longhorn 64 bit in 2006-07.

Intel will be going this way also so your benchmarks for these 2 chips will not matter in 2 years.

But the Pentium M notebook is the best value for a true notebook user (not someone just planting it on a desk and only using A/C) right now.