AMD and Intel Notebooks Head to Head

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."

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Pentium M processor good for desktop

[Anonymous Coward]

Interestingly, the Intel Pentium M processor, especially the 2 Ghz model, is a very good choice for a desktop computer with low power consumption and equal, and often better, performance of processors clocked much higher (I'm talking more than 1 Ghz more). Definitely a recommended chip for media center PCs, and even good enough for gamingm the only real hiccup being the price of both the chip and motherboards supporting it. Socket 476 adapters do exist, though.