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I have a V3000z with the 12 cell with the brightness set to low, wifi on surfing and typing documents, I got 5hr:30min before it reached the 3% mark and hibernated.
One reason the AMD is a bit slower than Intel is that, it's a 64-bit CPU, and it loses one cycle for every period. Just like the 16-bit applications run slower on 32-bit CPU.
The dv 5000t battery life of the 12 cell battery was 2 hours longer then the dv 5000z. I was wondering how the battery life of the 2000z compared to the 2000t. The fastest processor speed on the 2000z is only 1.6
No, it doesn't work that way. The Core series is simply a newer design, and even then I think it's advantage is overstated (more to do with benchmarks fitting inside the massive L2 cache more easily than real-world use will). It wouldn't hurt if OEMs would use DDR2-667 SODIMMs like they should instead of slower/cheaper DDR2-533 parts. The faster RAM won't do you much good on an Intel platform thanks to its FSB chokepoint (and expensive L2 cache designed to compensate for it) but AMD chips can make use of the fastest RAM you can give it. On Socket AM2 desktops you'll want DDR2-800 of course but I haven't seen any of that for notebooks yet.
It is rated at the same TDP as the Core Duo's - 31W and runs at a low voltage 1.075V, so I would think the power draw of both processors will be quite similar.
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