More Analysis Of Pentium M Desktops

Hack Jandy writes "The Pentium 4 has gotten enough attention lately as a slow, over heated monstrosity; but does Intel's Pentium M fare any better? Intel's decision to introduce the Pentium M as a desktop processor (East Fork) may not be all it's cracked up to be. Sudhian has an in-depth article, and Anand has benchmarks (on Linux!). I will stick with my Athlon 64, thank you very much."

Comments

Failed Pentium

[superpulpsicle]

So is Pentium M just a bunch of failed Pentium processors that didn't fare well in the assembly line? Sort of like Celeron... cough cough.

Re:Big Surprise

[bzebarth]

That's so not true. I know a lot of 30 year old Athlon lovers who play games and look at porn all day.

Re:Best place for AMD systems

[mollymoo]

I've gotten old enough that I no longer thrill at the idea of building my own system. I'm looking for something quiet, very reliable,

So buy a Mac.

and inexpensive.

Oh, OK, don't buy a Mac then :)

Re:Pentium M clocks down too much

[Bloater]

> My experience with Pentium M is that it clocks down BIG time if you don't plug in the power cord. So much so that the laptop is virtually useless.

Funny, my desktop does the same...