Intel Atom vs Intel CULVs

I'm looking for a thin, small and light portable machine and it is for a person going to college so business notebooks and ultraportables/UMPCs are out of the picture.

I'm left with Netbooks and Thin and lights but I am having a big problem sorting through the mess of Intel processors.

The Atom is meant to be the small, low cost, low power processor right? So where do the new Ultra low voltage Penryn-3M chips such as Pentium SU4100 and Pentium SU2700 fit in?

They are very recent Penryn chips launched in Sept 2009 so why are they sold under the almost obsolete Pentium brand? Shopping assistants actually think they are old chips from some years ago.

Also the clock speed on these chips is 1.3 Ghz. The SU4100 is dual core whereas the SU2700 is single core. How much better does the 4100 perform compared to the 2700? How much faster is it and how does it do in terms of battery life?

Also, how do these compare to Atom with a clock speed of 1.6 Ghz? What about power consumption and battery life?

Thanks a lot

 

Why would a person going to college not want a business notebook?

The Atom is slower than the Pentium M. If you're just going on the Internet or typing documents, that's fine, but anything that requires some CPU power like flash videos is going to chug on the Atom.

The CULV is better, but still not as good as a full fledged Core 2 Duo. How fast they are depends on what you're doing. If you want a notebook, you might want to head over to the WSIBN form to consider the FAQ and post over there.

 

Sorry I didn't make it clear. Business notebooks and UMPCs are quite expensive, that is why I am not considering them.

The netbooks and thin and lights are much more affordable.

Thanks

 

I had an EEE 901 for a little more than a year. Now I have an Acer 3810t with an SU9400. The EEE had a 1.6GHz N270, the 3810 has a 1.4GHz SU9400. Lower clockspeed yet the Acer does so much more. I can play HD video online with no problems, the EEE struggled with 720p (online). I even had problems when I tried to play music and browse the web at the same time, the music in WMP would skip sometimes depending on what I was doing in the browser. CULV machines take the best parts of a netbook (portability and battery life) and combine it with the best part of a full notebook (speed) and give you this great priced alternative. So I say go for culv.

 

A ULV dual core is ~3-3.5x faster on general CPU tasks in most benchmarks - they also have the benefit of better (used only comparatively) integrated graphics (x4500 3-5x better than GMA950) so you could do more media activities. I can't stand netbooks as they're too slow and the screen is just too small - but for taking notes in lectures that might actually help - for doing anything else? meh...

The cheapest celeron branded dualcore CULV (su2300 methinks) will outdo the single core 'pentium' su2700 at most tasks, the single core should have more battery life, but I'd advise getting a dual core - I've seen su2700 in a subnotebook at it seemed like a glorified atom. I'm using su7300 here (slight bump above 4100) and it's more processing power than my old desktop, I doubt most people would even use the full potential of mainstream C2D's and this is same architecture, just underclocked, lower temps, more battery life.

Give us a handful of tasks you'd use this for and that would help with what you'd need. A Laptop is the sum of all it's parts - so this'll help with finding what combination of power/portability/graphics you might need

 

some of the thin and lights are afordable, Hit the WNSIB forum, and FYI the ULV processors run circles around the Atoms, I have one in one of my Asus units and it actually will compare to alot of the lighter and mid C2D chips

 

Hi there! And welcome to the NBR Forums!

I invite you to take a read on the Intel Processor Information Guide (the link is in my signature) for further information of CPUs.

As for what to but, I suggest to post here a thread in the What Notebook Should I Buy? Forum and fill the FORM so we can now a better what your needs are.

Thanks! And feel free to search around and post!

 

have you tired ebay into looking for a business laptop. there is great deals on HP 2520p on there. there are some laptops on there for less then $400 with warranty still remaining. i have one and would not trade it for anything, its durable, the keyboard is one of the best i have seem. you just have to know where to look to get great deals on business laptops.

 

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cant pull out $640 for a thinkpad T400 with a much stronger core 2 duo P8400????

http://www.lenovo.com/cpp/
the password is " familyandfriends "

 

I suggest you delete the password.