My Old Desktop vs. My Future Laptop

I wasn't quite sure where I should put this but I decided here would be one of the better places... If there's a more appropriate place please move it there.

I'm planning on buying a new laptop in the near future and I was curious as to how it will perform in different areas as compared to my old desktop computer.

My old desktops specifications are as follows:

CPU = AMD Athlon XP(TM) Processor
CPU Speed = 2002 MHz
No. of CPUs = 1
OS = Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Ver 5.01.2600
Version of DirectX = DirectX 9.0
Main Memory = Capacity: 367MB : Free Space: 61MB
Drive [C:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 10.22 GB (Capacity: 33.05 GB )
Drive [D:\] = Local Disk Free Space: 710.27 MB (Capacity: 4.24 GB )
Graphics Card = VisionTek XTASY 9200
Type of Chip = RADEON 9200 Series
Video Driver = ati2dvag.dll
Version = 6.14.10.6414
Updated = Friday, December 12, 2003 1:50 PM
VendorId = 0x1002
DeviceId = 0x5961
SubSysId = 0x7C251545
Revision = 1
VRAM = 16.0MB
AvailableVidMem = 248.3MB
AvailableTextureMem = 247.0MB
Sound Card = Realtek AC97 Audio
Sound Driver = ALCXWDM.SYS
Version = 5.10.5730
Updated = Friday, October 01, 2004 10:24 AM
Network Card = VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet

My upcoming laptop's specs will be as follows:

Before upgrades:

Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
Processor AMD Sempron(TM) 3000+ (1.8GHz/128KB L2 Cache)
Display 14.0 WXGA Widescreen (1280x768)
Graphics Card ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/productivity ports
Memory 256MB DDR SDRAM (1x256MB)
Hard Drive 40 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive
Primary CD/DVD Drive 8X DVD Drive
Networking 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

After Upgrades:

Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2
Processor AMD Turion MT-40 (2.26GHz)
Display 14.0 WXGA Widescreen
Graphics Card ATI RADEON(R) XPRESS 200M w/productivity ports
Memory 2048MB RAM
Hard Drive 100 GB 7200 RDM Hard Drive
Networking 54g(TM) 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125HSM/SpeedBooster(TM)
Primary Battery 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery



I'd really appreciate it if anyone would let me know about how much better/worse in different areas the two different computers are. Aspects like gaming, graphics work, etc. are what I'm interested in the most.

Thanks in advance,

Reize

 

If you plan on gaming I would get a dedicated Video card. The 200M is not good for gaming at all.

Other than that I think the laptop will blow the desktop out of the water.

 

Thanks for your quick response USAF, I appreciate it very much. As for the video card I was just wondering how they compared not how well they performed really.

I play mostly older games and any newish games I play I don't mind putting at the very lowest settings as long as they're playable.

Also, are you referring to before or after the upgrades, or both?

 

the 200m might have trouble with newer games, even at its lowest settings..depends on what games, and what you consider playable.

pb,out.

 

I know it plays all the games I plan on playing on it fine at playable settings, so that's not a problem.

I was just checking if it'd be better or worse than the 9200 in my desktop.

Sorry if I wasn't clear about that.

 

have you confirmed that you can get a BIOS to support the processor switch?

 

Yes, the BIOS in the V2000Z supports the switch to the Turion 64 MT-40, I'm positive of it.