Which notebook CPU, Turion 64 or Pentium M?

[chex]

you mean lenovo's

my point is that the HP is not going to fall to bits just because its not the *best* build quality. It's a better computer overall, in this case.

 

[easyrider]

laptops are portable computers and people forget this when choosing their laptops.

Thats why its better to take the construction into account over merely just looking at the specs.

He could upgrade the memory cheaply enough and have a solid pc into the bargain.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Go for the HP. Its the better laptop overall.

Model: HP nx6125
CPU: AMD64 ML40 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache
RAM: 1024MB 333 MHz DDR SDRAM
HDD: 80GB
Video Memory: 128MB Shared
OS: XPpro


I have owned a HP laptop for 2 years & not had any problems as far as build quality or anything else. I dont see that as an issue at all.

 

[clv101]

HP build quality certainly isn't bad, we've got lots of HPs, Toshibas and Dells at work and the HPs are significantly the most solid.

 

[smids]

HP build quality certainly isn't bad, we've got lots of HPs, Toshibas and Dells at work and the HPs are significantly the most solid.

D*ll build quality is appalling. Their plastic cases are shocking. The IBM's (sorry, Lenovo's) are the best build quality without a shadow of a doubt. HP's have good build quality but I think IBM's are unrivalled in this field. The hinges are amazing, and won't break easily (like the family Sony laptop did). TBH, the IBM's and HP/Compaq's are of good build quality anyway so there isn't much between the two, just the IBM is top of this pile.

 

[Curious]

What is the use of this notebook? I suppose it is mostly for office applications.
Though 1 gig of ram sounds nice it will also use more batterypower....
For a laptop doing office apps, I would look at sturdiness, weight and battery life.

I myself have chosen a Toshiba.. But most of the IBMs I have seen are great too... The HPs I have run into seem a bit bulky and... well I don't appreciate the style much, even if it might be sturdy.

 

[Minstadave]

What is the use of this notebook? I suppose it is mostly for office applications.
Though 1 gig of ram sounds nice it will also use more batterypower....
For a laptop doing office apps, I would look at sturdiness, weight and battery life.

More RAM = less paging to disc

So it might actually improve battery life

 

[clv101]

Indeed, I wouldn't have though RAM uses much extra battery!

 

[Curious]

More RAM = less paging to disc

So it might actually improve battery life

Except that the ram will need to be powered all the time and the disc only when needed. I think tests show that more ram = less battery time...

Then again.. I guess it is a balancing act... If you multitask a lot and the disc is struggeling between all the open windows....

 

[smids]

Indeed, I wouldn't have though RAM uses much extra battery!

RAM uses about what? ~1-2W. HDU, even in a laptop will use roughly the same idling but will use about 5W loaded (laptop ones save power obviously). So less paging ought to help.

I know that my laptop at idle using all my power saving techniques uses about 7.9W-8.7W (IBM have a monitoring utility which displays all this info). When I load the HDU on battery, this can spike to about 11-12W.

The fact that less spiking will occur on the HDU may help battery despite being always on because HDU's are on a lot of the time (you don't want to spin down too often as spinning up requires a large current draw until up to speed).

Sorry I'm thinking this through as I type....

I think RAM will use less tbh... Then again, my data above could be unreliable as my laptop uses an active protection chip (constantly monitors acceleration and orientation) which parks the HDU heads when jolted/accelerating. This does use a bit of power when I nudge it as it will cause power drain so I don't know...

This really wasn't a useful post was it?