Re: AMD Athlon 64 for laptops????


"madhu" <Madhu.Sampath@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> I am planning to buy a compaq laptop with AMD Athlon 64 Processor.
> (Compaq Presario AMD Athlon 64 2.2GHz Laptop (R4225CA) ).
>
> Since the price tag seems to be pretty good compared to intel laptops
> like toshiba, i wonder what are the major drawbacks of a 64-bit
> processor.
>
> I realize the fact that there is no 64 bit windows as yet. Also i
> realize that tthe AMD processors weigh more ....
>
> I read somewhere that non-mobile processors are not good for
> laptops....what about the AMD???
>
> As far as my usage is concerned , i require a good amount of memory and
> performance for running my applications. Although i can use only
> windows for this ....
>
> Can i get some good advice regarding this.....
>
>
> Madhu
>

Let me add my little bit to the discussion. I had a Compaq notebook with
AMD Processor and the battery life with the supplied battery was useless.
It usually lasted somewhere around the 60-80 minutes mark, with the screen
brightness at its lowest (I could hardly see the thing) and I usually
resorted to plugging the mains power in (which isn't really what a laptop is
all about). To add to that it was heavy too. and it also seemed to be
constantly kicking in the cooling fans (which were quite noisy and no doubt
affected the overall battery life). As you can see I'm talking here in the
past tense, as I sold it a year or so ago.

Steve






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