Turion vs Core 2 vs Core Pro

I really don't do much on my laptop but word processing, listen to music (itunes), which videos, and browse the internet. I am interested in the battery performance between a turion x2, the core 2 duo, and the new santa rosa core 2. What sort of differences are there among these three processors?

Also, would I notice any performance difference between the three? Such as closing applications/opening applications/viewing pictures/opening itunes....

Thanks much.

Oh 1 more thing. Jumping from 1.5gb to 2gb in memory, is there a difference? Would the difference in the jump from 1.5gb to 2gb be more noticeable than say... jumping from a turion to a core pro?

 

Battery wise, Intel has the upper hand by a decent amount. Either the current line up of Core 2's or Santa Rosa would be fine I think.

RAM is a little different. Depends on the OS. XP, you'd want around 1GB for what you're planning on doing. With Vista, you'll probably want closer to 2GB but 1.5GB should definitely be enough. I think the RAM would be a tad more helpful to running your PC than the processor is, but you need a good processor for the battery life.

Always purchase a laptop with the lowest amount of RAM at buy your own...it is cheaper.
Best RAM Deals around: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=121363

 

I am running Vista. That's a great link... 20 dollars for 1GB.. which is basically nuts... lol. Thanks much.

I currently have a turion x2 (hp dv2315nr)... seems like when I plug it in the left palm rest gets hot... and I get about 2.5 hours on the battery.... not too impressed. Thinking about returning it and getting a dv2000t with a core 2.

Main thing I am looking for is battery life + low heat. Seems like core 2 is the way to go. I think.

Thanks much.

 

If battery life is your main concern...the new Santa Rosas are your best bet as they feature some new power saving tech which seems to be especially helpful under Vista.

 

The HD is under the left palm rest. Switching to Intel won't help you there.

I'm hoping that the next-generation HP AMD notebooks use the AMD 690M chipset, which needs significantly less power than the otherwise excellent nVidia chipset currently used. That, and they should all be using the new 65nm CPUs (some of the recent current models ship with those too).

You want SODIMMs in matched pairs for dual channel memory support, so 1.5GB isn't optimal. Buy a pair of 1GB DDR2-667's, preferably by Crucial if it's for an AMD notebook. For Intel, fast memory has less of an impact and they're more tolerant of the cheap stuff.

 

Wow
When I built my first computer, memory was $20 a MEG lol
Sorry for the OT comment

brainstretch nailed it. Could not have said it better

Jim

 

I currently have a corsair stick in my hp along with the standard stuff, seems to run fine. Wouldn't the OCZ stick and corsair play nice? Or I have to get crucial memory?

So here is the question I guess... jumping from my dv2315nr to a dv2500.... would I notice performance improvements and what sort of battery improvements would I be looking at?

Thanks all.

 

You will notocie a big different in battery life about 1-2+hrs than the Turion's. About performance you will notice a big different depending on the processor you chose and the amount of memory. But still the C2D's and the Santa rosa will be a little faster than the equivalent Turion X2.

 

If it works, great. I got tired of figuring out which revisions of which brands would play nice (and which makers properly test their parts) and decided to stick with Crucial. They seem to be the most AMD-friendly memory maker out there. Micron makes good chips, most of them in Idaho (Crucial is Micron's retail arm). Regardless of what you buy, I recommend booting MemTest86+ or using some other memory test program to verify the new configuration.

 

If you're already getting 2.5 hours i dont know if the new hp santa rosa 2500t/6500t will get you much better than 3 hours.

 

well it's on power saver with the brightness all the way down (still looks good though) and just simple internet browsing.

Were you talking as if I was at full tilt performance or power saver?