Pentium M vs. IV
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
Pete Madden wrote: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB A while back I needed to but a new box. The hardest work it needed to do was running a simulation app. So on all the boxes I was looking at I installed a trial version of the simulation and tried it. Also I added RAM rtc to see the differences. Finally I found a configuration that "flew". Your requirements will be different to mine but maybe you can try something similar on the laptop. Pete Madden wrote: 3. Disk Space (at least 40MB) At least maybe 80 Pete Madden wrote: 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Definitly, its the biggest regret I have with my current laptop. Also make sure that the screen is big or wide, and that the pointer device is to your liking. Regardz Colin J Davies The most LinkedIn CPian (that I know of anyhow) :-)
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
More RAM (512 MB at least for serious work and a serious IDE. For a desktop, or if you can fit it in, 1Gig. It really makes a difference), and it's almost more important than CPU type. 80G would be nice. Higher density disks tend to be faster (which is a must if you are short on RAM) no idea on the P-M vs. P4-M (but would like to know too).
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
My preference, in order of importance would be: 1. RAM (at least 512MB, preferably 1GB or more) 2. Hard Drive Speed (7200 RPM is a must) - most laptops come with something slower 3. Hard Drive Space (at least 60 GB) 4. Screen Size/Resolution 5. Processor Speed 6. Integrated Wireless-G 7. Processor Type The RAM and Hard Drive speed will make a BIG performance difference. Quite often more than the CPU type/speed (within reason, of course). Cheers, Drew.
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
Hi Pete Both processor are designed for use in notebooks. So far I know M supports 533/400 MHz Front Side Bus, while 4-M only 400MHz. M has bigger cache - 1 or 2 MB, P4-M has 512 KB. Your forgot about display and support. I would consider anything with higher resolution then 1024 x 786. And if you are going to seriously work on it, you probably would not like to sent it for two or more weeks for repairing. 512 MB is an absolutely minimum. If you are going to install VS 2005 and any kind of SQL Server on it, 1 GB is higly recommended - but usually it is cheaper to buy this extra memory later then order it with notebook. Processor is one of the least important factors in this list - of course it depends what kind of software you are going to develop - but for standard businness applications I would put it on place before wireless card, which has really not influence on developing software. But it is nice to have. ;-) Marek
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
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What's the difference between the Pentium M and the Pentium 4-M processors? Which one would be a better fit for a laptop? Also, I think the following are important (for a programmer) to consider when buying a laptop: 1. Processor type 2. RAM (at least 256MB) 3. Disk Space (at least 40GB) 4. Integrated Wireless LAN card Am I missing something else? or are there better priorities? http://www.boreddude.com
The Pentium M was redesigned to save on power. I think the standard benchmark that I saw (quite a while ago now) was that as far as speed was concerned a P-M 1600 was about the same as a P-4M at 2400. Something along those lines. Where you really notice it, I think, is with the power savings though. My Pentium M notebook can run with wireless on, running Visual Studio and Sql Server and surfing the web for between four and five hours before it needs more juice. as for your list, I would say RAM, at least 512. 1 gig would be better. I have 512 in my laptop, and I wish I had more. Disk, at least 60GB. I have a 60 now, and I'm regularly flirting with 75% full. Integrated wireless LAN is a must.