RE: [DMCForum] OT New Laptop help!!

["Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks I am leaning towards the Centrino.

I am looking at the Alienware units and am pricing 2 different ones, one
with the Athlon 64 x2 chips and the other with the Centrino.  What sucks is
there are some features on the Athlon I like, but when I build it up, the
Athlon is like a grand more -- too much for me.

Jack Stiefel - Tampa, Fl
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-----Original Message-----
From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Eric Itzel
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:48 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DMCForum] OT New Laptop help!!

Hey Jack

Centrino is best of the listed for power efficiency when relating to battery
life. Battery life depends also of course on accessory use- non-powered USB
devices, 802.11 wireless, DVD drive usage, etc.. will help suck the life out
of a battery at a pretty fast rate.

I would not recommend the Athlon- fast, but unstable and hot. Centrino is
great mobile performance, but it too is not as powerful as a hyperthreading
P4. If battery life is a higher priority for you than absolute top notch
performance, go with the Centrino. In my opinion, anymore they're all fast
as hell- it's only a matter of the perks of each processor and how much RAM
the laptop has.

Typically a DVD-RW drive in a laptop is a 2 stager- it sucks the data off
the DVD being copied, then you replace the DVD with a blank DVD and the
laptop dumps the data to it.

Just my opinion- Good luck!

Eric Itzel
vin 4433
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Stiefel" <jackstiefel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: [DMCForum] OT New Laptop help!!


> Anyone really good with the new processors?  I am looking to et a new
laptop
> and am having a hard time picking between a P4 HT, Athlon 64, and the
> centrino.  I am using an HP with a 3.2 gig p4 ht.  The speed is good, but
> the battery life sucks.  Is the Athlon 64 a good replacement, or the
> Centrino for battery life?
>
> Man I am confused, I mainly surf the web, email, uselessjunk.com :) and
the
> like.  I do some DVD./movie authorizing and if I get the right model with
2
> drives, will use it for copying DVD's :)
>
> Any opinions?
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> Jack Stiefel - Tampa, Fl
> DMC Vin 03461 1981 Grey 5 speed
> DMC Vin 16879 1983 Black 5 speed
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> Yeah I got one-- http://www.myspace.com/jackstiefel
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> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCLounge/
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