Cheap laptop vs expensive.

marco

marco

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I can kick myself for buying a R12 000.00 laptop dual core 2 duo. Compared it to a cheap R5000 .00 celleron side by side.
Only diffs is mine started up quicker by about 6 seconds. The pic looks the same and the sound, internet all the same.
Bugger this, I now want to sell it and get a 9" cheapie.
 
Hand both some work, and you'll quickly see the difference.
 
Dude believe me, if do not just open email and surf the net you will not notice a massive difference.

Should your needs be limited to email and internet then its a waste but do some actual work on the laptop and you will see a major difference.
 
Heck, you might actually manage to choke that celeron with just handling a 2GB email inbox and a few complex web sites.

But for anyone that just wants email + internet, a R5ker should be quite enough.
 
sn3rd said:
Hand both some work, and you'll quickly see the difference.
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hj2k_x said:
And that Celeron will have 30mins to an hour of battery life...
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Those are the two most important reasons for choosing a Core(2) Duo over a Celeron M. The energy savings of the Core-based CPUs make it all worthwhile, since they were designed for mobile devices from the ground up. The Core-based CPUs also use much less energy under 100% load conditions than similarly-clocked Celerons and get the job done much quicker. My laptop battery lasts about 4 hours with wireless enabled and moderate browsing.

The jump in price from the Celeron to the C2D model does sound a bit steep. Rather look for something with both CPUs as option and compare them. In your case, I think the hard disk and RAM might have been the biggest contributors to slower boot times.
 
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When your mailbox starts getting over a gig or so you'll start seeing the difference. Believe me there is a major difference
 
Silverlight said:
This seems like a stupid topic :S. ofcourse the c2d is better then a celeron, its a no brainer
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I don't think the question was whether it was better. Even if marginally, it IS better.

I think the OP was saying that the difference was not enough to justify the extra money.

But it seems there is a consensus that once using the notebook for something more intensive, the differences will be clear as day.
 
I have a 1.6ghz Core2Duo and frankly, it's nowhere close to what I need. I'd die without the convenience of a laptop though, as my work requires me to move around a lot, even between offices.
If you need the grunt, you need the grunt. If you don't know how to max out a modern processor or want something to just browse with or whatever, get yourself an Acer Aspire One from IC. I played with one today and it's a bargain for the R2k asking price.
 
sn3rd said:
I don't think the question was whether it was better. Even if marginally, it IS better.

I think the OP was saying that the difference was not enough to justify the extra money.

But it seems there is a consensus that once using the notebook for something more intensive, the differences will be clear as day.
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soz
 
I have an ooold P2 laptop with 250MB RAM and runs on Windows XP. Takes 5 minutes to start up. I use it sometimes and for web browsing and it is just as good as my R12000.00 jobie.
I think I must sell this one and buy a more portable R2000.00 one.
 
Trust me, you do not want a Celeron CPU.

I made the mistake of buying a celeron based laptop a while back. All I can say is that I learned my lesson and still paying for it.
 
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