Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

AMD and Intel Notebooks Head to Head

Posted by Zonk on from the compare-and-contrast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The two chip giants go head-to-head in this review of notebook computers which features 10 different models." From the article: "To be blunt, sourcing high-performance AMD-based notebooks for this test was less difficult than extracting teeth from a fully grown chicken -- but only just. After much chasing, only two vendors submitted an AMD-powered product -- MSI and Asus. Interestingly, both vendors had their Intel-powered notebooks at the Lab with no chasing needed. We should point out that the rarity of AMD product is not the fault of AMD, rather vendors, in Australia at least, do not seem to stock adequate quantities of high-performance AMD-equipped notebooks. Acer, for example, has a humdinger of a notebook the Acer Ferrari 3400 that is equipped with a mobile Athlon 64 but the company was unable to ship a single unit to the lab during the entire month of May."

9 of 204 comments (clear)

  1. Printer-friendly version by sczimme · · Score: 5, Informative


    Fewer ads 'n' whatnot: Clicky.

    --
    I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
  2. Perhaps AMD-powered Notebooks have... by Super+Nicko · · Score: 4, Informative

    a bad reputation in Australia. I haven't really noticed a lot of talk about them to be honest - most of the stuff you hear about is Intel.

    Then again, maybe the retailers in Australia just don't provide the same support for AMD as for Intel. Lawsuit, anyone? *removes tongue from cheek*

  3. Re:Pricing by ballstothat · · Score: 5, Informative
    What about currency conversion?

    Australian dollars currently trade at $1.30AU for every $1US.

    XFX Geforce 7800 at Newegg is:

    $574 dollars
    Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82 E16814150100

    XFX Geforce 7800 at AusPCMarket is:

    $924 dollars
    Link: http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_product_info.ph p?input%5Bproduct_code%5D=VI-11PVT70F-256&input%5B category_id%5D=1339

    $574 x 1.3 = $746.20

    There is a markup, of about 20 percent. Not 150-200% as you have stated, however.

    --
    10
    20 Print "Balls To That"
  4. Re:ASUS in Italy, not in USA by nemattoad · · Score: 2, Informative

    Asus notebooks are also beginning to gain huge popularity here in Canada.

  5. HP makes Athlon64 notebooks... by Ritz_Just_Ritz · · Score: 3, Informative

    And they're easy to buy. Just go to HP's online shopping kiosk. I've been using a Presario R3240 for about6-7 months (athlon64 3200+) and am quite happy with the performance.

    Cheers,

  6. I built an AMD 64 laptop-just two weeks ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, not really built, just bought a bare AMD 64 Uniwill laptop from coboc.com, and inserted an AMD 64 3700+, 1.25 GB RAM, a wireless abg mini-PCI card, a 100GB 5400 Momentum Seagate drive and a DVD writer.

    There was no shortage of bare AMD 64 laptops, the package arrived in one day.

    I had lots of spare components, I only had to pay about $750 (CA Tax and shipping included). I did not have to buy a CPU,HD, DVD-writer or a wireless card, all these components existed already in our lab. I had no spare laptop memory; however, I managed to 'extract' 1GB+256MB RAM cards from other laptops in our lab.

    I installed two 64 bit OS-es, Suse 9.3 64bit+ Solaris 10. Works great.

  7. Tiny.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    This company used to sell alot of AMD notebooks but I know 3 people with them and all 3 laptops suffer from overheating (thats what you get when you stick a 3700+ in a laptop I guess) they have stopped selling some of the top models :(

  8. Uh...? by Hack+Jandy · · Score: 2, Informative

    Problem Solved

    HJ

  9. Re:Pricing by podperson · · Score: 2, Informative

    Australian prices include sales tax (10%) for starters.