HP dv5 and the RM70 AMD Good deal?

I haven't heard much about the dv5 with the "Mobile processor RM70".
It is on sale now at BB for $600.00.
Is that a good deal? Is this a fairly slow machine or not too bad?
Anyone here have one?

 

It's decently fast for the price.
The RM70 will handle pretty much anything you might need.
And the HD3200 IGP is about as powerful as an nvidia 8400M GS(dedicated).

 

That looks like a very good deal. The RM-70 is a 2GHz processor with half the L2 cache of a Turion Ultra. Ideally I'd buy the Ultra, just because, but real world it won't make a big difference. The only annoyance I see is that it comes with 32-bit Vista preinstalled, I'd prefer 64-bit. For the money that's very tough to beat.

dv5-1002nr at Best Buy

 

I think it is an Ultra, let me check on that though.
EDIT: Nope, it's Puma, but not Turion Ultra.
Still plenty fast.

 

RM-70 is just a regular Turion, the Ultra's are the ones with 2MB total L2 cache and the model numbers start with ZM.

 

I checked, post corrected.

 

An RM-70 is a regular Turion, similar to the TL-60 but with a higher Hypertransport speed & updated memory controller.

 

I think bb also has a DV51004nr that is a amd turion x2 ultra for about 799.00

 

Yeah, if your budget is ~850, thats a good deal but comparatively the dv51002 is a better deal. You are going to pay an extra 200$ for the ZM-80 & an extra gig of RAM, the performance boost gained is not worth the extra $200.

 

That reminds me. One of the questions I have been pondering is what would happen it I got a machine with 64 bit OS since all of my software is 32 bit?
I mean, would I be able to run everything perfectly fine, or would that be a real problem?

 

64bit Windows version contain emulation software built-in and will emulate most of your 32bit programs. However, there might still be some which can cause problems. The software which require the use of drivers(like itunes) will require 64bit versions since device drivers cannot be emulated. I have been using 64bit and most of the software I have worked flawlessly. The only thing you have to look out for is compatibility with old applications and old hardware(printers, any specialized hardware) which may not have any 64 bit drivers.

 

Thank You. That is something I will have to give some thought to.