ACK! I'm looking at laptops on a website and I'm sure there are 4 that are exactly the same. All HPs, all priced within $50 on sale, all with more or less the same memory and hard drive space. How do I tell the difference?
What's the difference between an Intel Pentium dual core processor, and Intel Centrino dual core processor, an AMD Tuoron Dual
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Storage space can be added on to, but I'd go for as much as possible. :)
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But cache is the most confusing. 2 of them have 256 + 256kb L2, 1 has 1MB L2 and 2 have 2MB L2
My last one was a Pentium 4 processor at 2.8 Ghz, they all seem to have gotten slower since then. But it only had 256 MB ram so it went really slow.
Is Centrino better or Pentium?
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I will add to the confusion and say that 512k L2 per chip is enough.
My last one was a Pentium 4 processor at 2.8 Ghz, they all seem to have gotten slower since then. But it only had 256 MB ram so it went really slow.
Heh. I assume you're getting at least a gig, now?
Is Centrino better or Pentium?
I'm not entirely sure. I presume Pentium, but a quick glance at reviews suggests they're better at different things.
250 gigs worth of music. I'm very envious. :)
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Considering all I do on a computer is internet, torrent, and some music-file fiddling, I'm sure any of these models would provide more than adequate specs. They all have 1gb ram, some are upgradeable to 2.
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