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Mobile Processor Showdown
AnInkle writes "The Tech Report has a head-to-head comparison between the Pentium M760 and the Turion ML-44. From the article: 'AMD has done well with Opteron in servers and the Athlon 64 in desktops, but surely AMD's K8-derived mobile competitor doesn't match up with the Pentium M. Does it?' Conventional wisdom (or marketing genius) says Pentium M's power-saving features and performance-per-watt leave AMD's Turion 64 gasping for batteries. Even though the next-gens are just around the corner, countless mobile systems will sell with these chips over the next year; find out which to choose, whether for performance, battery life or a combination of both."
I suppose it's simply an inherent fact of capitalism that even if (and I have no doubts WHEN) AMD produces a more efficient cpu for laptops it won't help them nearly as much as it should. Intel simply has all the hardware contracts with OEM manufacturers and the enthusiast base for do-it-yourself laptops isn't remotely comparable to that of desktops. Besides brownie points among those in the know (of which there are few) what does AMD have to gain from putting so much effort into mobility processors? They're still trapped in their much smaller market. The average user has no clue what Centrino means. They see Ghz and pass judgement. The average consumer (and thus, the almighty dollar) tends not to understand that not all Hertz in the CPU world are created equally.