In the expert opinion of the board, which processors are the best for laptops: Pentium 4, Pentium M, Centrino, AMD? I have to confess that my experience of M and Centrino technology is zero, so any evaluation would be greatly appreciated.
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True, but it's part of the laptop technology. My knowledge of it beyond that is zip, hence the question.As an expert I can tell you that Centrino is not a processor.Comment
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Depends on what you want. Most powerful processor or best battery life.
Most powerful - Athlon 64 3200+ based "desktop" replacement laptops. Big, heavy, battery lasts about 3 minutes. Fast as @#%$ ( for a laptop). They also do a Mobile AMD 64 processor. Superb perf with some power saving. I'd go for this.
Best battery life with good perf - Pentium-M (branded as Centrino with chipset and wireless adapter).
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