Hello all,
I have an interesting dilema. My Packard Bell - P4 2.4GHz laptop was stolen a little while ago... finally the insurance company has descided to pay out.
The problem is that they want o give me a Toshiba M70 - Centrino Pentium-M 2GHz.
I have looked around and it seems that the only benefit to having a Centrino Pentium M is portability... which I don't need. I will be using the laptop for graphics, and the laptop will rarely be away from a power socket.
In which case, really the older P4 2.4Ghz is actualy better isn't it. I don't care if it gets hot, I need raw power. I understand that the centrinos perfom better at the mundane (word processing, spreadsheets etc) but I have a funny feeling that they won't perform so well when trying to run heavy graphics???
Do you know of a comparison that doesn't take biast benchmarks from Intel, or know or a review that doesn't just go on about mobility? I'd like an independant benchmark that looks at sustained raw processing power.
Can anyone confirm my thoughts or shed any light on the subject.
Thanks in advance - Alex
I have an interesting dilema. My Packard Bell - P4 2.4GHz laptop was stolen a little while ago... finally the insurance company has descided to pay out.
The problem is that they want o give me a Toshiba M70 - Centrino Pentium-M 2GHz.
I have looked around and it seems that the only benefit to having a Centrino Pentium M is portability... which I don't need. I will be using the laptop for graphics, and the laptop will rarely be away from a power socket.
In which case, really the older P4 2.4Ghz is actualy better isn't it. I don't care if it gets hot, I need raw power. I understand that the centrinos perfom better at the mundane (word processing, spreadsheets etc) but I have a funny feeling that they won't perform so well when trying to run heavy graphics???
Do you know of a comparison that doesn't take biast benchmarks from Intel, or know or a review that doesn't just go on about mobility? I'd like an independant benchmark that looks at sustained raw processing power.
Can anyone confirm my thoughts or shed any light on the subject.
Thanks in advance - Alex