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I am looking at getting a new laptop, but can't decide between AMD or Intel, anyone who can help, I need it to remotely log on to company server, as to do maintenance on the Database - will have to work from some very remote locations including northern Mozambique - any help will be greatly appreciated
 
okay my personal opinion. if its Intel, it must be a pentium and not a celeron, if you want to compare amd vs intel, i presume you will compare a amd computer of R5000 vs a intel one of R5000 for example. i'd say you will propably get greater speed out of a AMD. i have a AMD laptop and i invite anybody to bring a intel laptop for about the same price to put it to the test in anything from games to applications to anything really. what i would agree to is that a intel laptop will propably have longer battery life. (i get about 2.5 hours whereas some Intel laptops 'claim' 8 hours.) really i dont think it will matter what you get (amd vs intel) but what features it has in that you will need on your trip and what you will have access to that side. i would say purely on speed while plugged into AC power, the average AMD cpu will make a intel look like a sick tortoise trying to jump :)
 
Personaly I'd rather get a intel because of their new cores thats coming out. I read that in notebooks they give 25% more speed for 50% less power.
 
Remote locations - battery life counts. My two year old Dell Lattitude X300 gave me 5 hours on extended battery when it was new and 2.5 hours on standard battery with Intel Centrino CPU - very nice (now I get 3 hours on extended and about 2 hours on standard). Go for smaller and mobile CPU based machine. Battery life is king when in the sticks. Also, Centrino uses Intel wireless which I have had NOTHING BUT EXCELLENT coverage with - I pick up 50% better signal than many other models tested.
 
If battery life is more important than performance the low voltage Intel processors may be your best option. They don't have very high speeds, but they use very little power.

In faster CPUs I think Intel still has the edge, but the Turions also do well.
 
Battery life, more memory (512mb or 1Gb).
CPU speed is not require, as it's not a graphics machine.

Must be solid/stable pc.
IBM's are very good (got a old T21, and is still runnning great)
 
I second more memory - always makes a PC more responsive and less of a hard drive thrasher.
 
The Pentium-M (The chip used in Centrino branded laptops) used to be possibly the finest piece of engineering ever produced by Intel. They even completely scrapped their Net-burst range (aka Pentium 4) in favour of the Pentium-M architecture. Now they have raised the bar again with their Core2 Duo's which is essentially, IIRC, a newer variety of Pentium-M with 2 cores on-board.

So to answer your question: Intel all the way!!

PS: I am actually an AMD fanboi but the facts should never be disregarded in favour of the theories...
 
ive sold alot of acer never have call backs and ppl love em so i dont know :)

fastest growing laptop brand hmmm

but we all have out choices eh

i think the point of an acer ferrari is not really to be battery operated because its ran such high specs

not meant as a work laptop type thing :)
more a mobile fast laptop hense the poor battery life
 
Intel Meron processors (laptop equivalent of Conroe - Core 2 Duo) are more improved than the Core Duos but not as much gap as the Conroe showed with current AMD and previous Intel desktop CPUs. Battery life is good but not by that much compared to AMD and other intel chips.

I would still get the Merom chips tho as it is decent but comes at a price of course.
 
Intel Core Duo laptop! Intel's Speedstep technology works really well with Windows XP/Vista & the Core Duo gives excellent performance with less power required.

*Personally, I would never ever buy an Acer laptop. Either Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu-Siemens or Asus.
 
and amd uses alot... more power than the new intel centrino chips

meaning you'll have more battery power with intel :D
 
Recently got a client a HP 63 series Core Duo 2.0Ghz Notebook PC with docking station...

What an awesome machine!!!

Granted it cost him R16k but definately worth it. Thing flies and the battery life is excellent.
 
Look at Acer 4672

Hi there

I was in the same boat recently and bought an Acer 4672. This has a docking solution. I like a machine that has a good docking solution. Got tired of plugging and unplugging everything a couple of times a day.

The machine also has good battery life, and if battery life is a holy grail for you, you can fit the secondry battery. Dual Core flies nicely. Just upgrade the the Ram to 1 Gig, as 512 is a bit stingy.

If battery life is more important and you wont game or do hardcore graphics with it(ie you are graphics pro) then get the one with the intergrated graphics card. Its cheaper and eats less battry life. I do amautuer photography and covert raw files and manipulate images lots and this spec has been great even with the intergrated graphics card. Sure it could be a bit faster but look at the battery life when I am away on business!! You cant have it all. You be suprised at the difference the dual core processor makes.
 
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Faster means almost zilch with new machines. What you don't want is speed problems relating to hard drive thrashing - so get 512-1 gig or so of ram, beyond that it's boy's toys as far as speed is concerned. The HDD is the only storage device that relies on a mechanical system to deliver (at least the only one that will really impact on your life), so the less the HDD thrashes, the better... always the biggest bottleneck. Overall speed has something to do with everything in the notebook. Good Wifi and battery life make the portable experience so much nicer. As for kiladoob & his Acer, as he said, he doesn't sell much else. I have been lucky enough to fiddle a fair amount with IBM, Acer, Toshiba, Asus, Dell, Mecer and can honestly say that each brand has it's nice models and it's rubbish.
 
If the hard drive speed is your biggest issue you could always purchase an additional 7200RPM notebook drive and use the existing hard disk drive as an external storage unit. Makes quite a difference.
 
Although I have a AMD (PC) and won't be changing to Intel, soon, I'll say Intel for the power consumption and the Centrino's aren't bad. Laptops are for work and not play so Intel will be best there...I think anyway
 
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