Which laptop

[Moni]

Hi everybody,

I am a new member in this forum. I am planning to buy a laptop but cannot decide which one to choose intel p4 or centrino. My brother lives in the uk and he said he has an offer (new but second hand ) of an intel centrino 1.6 with around £500. I know a new decent centrino is £1000+. I am not sure whether I should take this opportunity. I am not concerned much about portability. I want a powerful pc with good graphics card (to play games ). But with such a price (the centrino offer) I am not sure now. Any clue ?

Thank you all.

N.B. After reading this forum, I think I will be flooded with welcome messages. That is not necessary. I am alright. Thank you.

[Mastermind]

Centrino is not a processor but it is a standard. For example, a laptop can be called centino if it uses Intel Pentium M processor, Intel 855PM or 855GM chipsets, Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (or future versions) altogether. It is mainly intended for true mobile (on the move) users. A centrino 1.6 can perform as well as a 2-2.4 GHz pentium 4 processor. I live in the UK and the deal sounds quite good but depends on other issues as well (graphics card, HD capacity CD/DVD etc).
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[quantum]

Moni,

Centrino processors are new and based on a different architecture (Pentium-M) than the one used in Intel's other mobile processors, like Intel Mobile Pentium 4. I have not personally used it. I used 2 laptops, still have one, and both had P4. The one I have is a dell inspiration. And I do think that architectire needs some performance boost.

Intel said the 1.6GHz Centrino offers a 13-15% improvement in performance over the 2.4GHz Intel Mobile Pentium 4! If it is true, then you should definitely go for it. Specially at the price you are going to get it. Centrino technology seems to come to the market first, around march 2003 and got steady flow of favorable reviews. But as you said, make sure to get a good graphics card and gigs of ram too!
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[Moni]

Thank you all for your replies. I shall try to get the complete configuration and let you know within a few days.

[quantum]

Sure, it will be better to have more info.

What kind of games you play? (hey, that sounds like a trick question. it really is not though. )
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