speed, has everything slowed?

ok if this is a moronic question, i am sorry.

the laptop i have right now is a dell inspiron 1000 that i bought 2 years ago.

i think the specs are

2.2ghz celeron
512mb ram
40gb hd

i am in search of a new laptop, im looking at the hp 17" amds.

my question is, the speeds seemd to have slowed. the hp is a 1.8 mhz.

what gives? has every slowed or is there something else i am missing?

thanks,

confused.

 

GHz is no longer an accurate measure of performance between different types of processors. Most of todays processors are aiming to be more efficient and can do more work per clock cycles, so they really do not need the high GHz to perform.

The Celeron and the Pentium 4 series is based on an architecture which needed more GHz to perform. Intel is infact phasing these out by the end of the year in favor of a more efficient architecture. AMD has been doing this for quite some time as well. Thats why you dont see high clock speeds.

Clock speed is only accurate measurement when the other factors are equivalent say when you are comparing a Pentium M 1.6GHz with a Pentium M 1.8GHz. The 1.8GHz is faster, but comparing Pentium M 1.8GHz to a Pentium4 2.6GHz, the Pentium M 1.8GHz is faster due to its better architecture.

Read this guide for more info on todays mobile processors...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=24051
PS - It is yet to be updated with the new Core Solo and Core Duo processors.

Here's the guiode to upcoming and newly released processors of 06.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=37318

 

Yea I know what you mean. This can be very confusing. When I was checking out the new processors I was like wtf??? Why is all the speed slower than what I have. Apparently, pMs, Celerons, p4s, AMD all use their own measuring system. So for example a pM 1.86ghz might equal to a p4 2.8 or higher.

 

thank you guys. this forum has been an awesome source of information!