Intel Pentium M

[bethanybaldwin]

I'm purchasing a laptop with Pentium M and don't want to be outdated before school ends( 4-5 years). Will a 1.6 GHz do or should I opt very expensively for the 1.86? This particular notebook does not offer the 1.73GHz.

What will the difference be if any that I will notice between the two and can I survive that long on a 1.6 if necessary without any huge problems? Thanks for your input in advance!

 

[SHAWN]

Im sure the 1.6 will be fine unless you got money to spend

 

[turtile]

Just get the 1.6

 

[Tyler1989]

Sorry for my ignorance on intel processor speeds but don't they reach 3.6 Ghz already?

 

[bethanybaldwin]

As far as I know, Pentium M goes to 2Ghz as of right now unless I'm mistaken. Intel Pentium 4 goes over 3 I believe though. Apparently Pentium M is faster and consumes less energy than the pentium 4's even with HT Tech.

 

[Tyler1989]

How can that be if Pentinium for is 3.6 Ghz and M is only 2 Ghz. How do you measure speed isn't it Ghz?

 

[bethanybaldwin]

Not sure, tried to understand it all at intel.com/intel.ca but it's a little confusing. you can compare speeds only with the processor within the same class. however...at pcworld.com they said their tests ran the Pentium M (which notebooks are moving towards these days and Pentium 4 (HT too) is going the way of the dodo because of the Pentium M to cut back on heatup, weight, and ability to run on less power or something. ) computed faster than the once rival Pentium 4. Confused yet?

 

[Tyler1989]

Very much so I wish there was a standard accepted by both AMD and all intel brands for speed.

 

[Osiris]

For school work, you will probably be fine. Unless you are going to be doing some cpu intensive apps...What will you be working on mainly? Word, excel??

 

[bethanybaldwin]

Yep word programs. I also work on a hobby basis with digital photos/video from my camera. I should still be okay though right? Basically it'll just be a too to up load and burn on to a DVD/CD for storage, not for keeping on the comp.