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    pentium m vs celeron m

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ieh4f, Mar 9, 2010.

  1. ieh4f

    ieh4f Notebook Enthusiast

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    pentium m 750 Sonoma 1.86 ghz and celeron m 550 Merom 2.0 ghz, which one is faster and better?
     
    ieh4f, Mar 9, 2010
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The Celeron for sure. It's based on a far newer CPU architecture and build on a smaller process (65nm).

    Which notebooks are you looking at?
     
    Johnny T, Mar 9, 2010
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  3. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Just be aware that if you have the Pentium M, you can't upgrade that computer's CPU to the Merom.
     
    namaiki, Mar 9, 2010
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  4. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    the celeron is faster
    The battery will last longer with a pentium m :)
     
    naton, Mar 9, 2010
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  5. sean473

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    celeron M is better but don't expect much... ur looking at a pentium dual core at least for proper performance nowadays..
     
    sean473, Mar 9, 2010
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  6. thinkpad knows best

    thinkpad knows best Notebook Deity

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    What kind of performance is "proper" is determined by him, it's not a generalized term in the CPU world, what if you need big Xeons and define that performance as "proper" for your work?
     
    thinkpad knows best, Mar 9, 2010
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  7. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    I agree, "proper" performance is all related to user work. I hate sounding like a broken record, but I'm currently typing from a P4 with 2Gb of RAM and I'm not crying to do my work(which atm mostly involves cloning discs and working on a Virtualization Server). I love how nowadays you need such high specs for basic computing :p

    Anyhow, I also vote for the Celeron M.
     
    Melody, Mar 9, 2010
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  8. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

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    Same here. I'm using to tape this a 6 years old laptop with a pentium M and for most of the tasks I do it is as fast as my other laptop which has a Core 2 Duo.
     
    naton, Mar 10, 2010
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  9. razorjack

    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    I agree the celly will be the better proc,nuttin like a celly.............. ;)
     
    razorjack, Mar 10, 2010
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  10. newsposter

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    celeron is a platform, NOT a cpu........
     
    newsposter, Mar 10, 2010
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  11. Evaders99

    Evaders99 Notebook Consultant

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    Evaders99, Mar 10, 2010
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  12. Darth Bane

    Darth Bane Dark Lord of the Sith

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    Are you thinking of "Centrino"?
     
    Darth Bane, Mar 10, 2010
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  13. computerstriker

    computerstriker Notebook Evangelist

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    That is incorrect: Celeron IS a CPU. I believe that your referring to Intel Centrino which is a platform consisting of chipset, cpu, and wifi card
    agreed =D
     
    computerstriker, Mar 10, 2010
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  14. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    I sit corrected guys, thanks!
     
    newsposter, Mar 11, 2010
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