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    manufacturers, Inel's HT tech, Centrino vs p4

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mkdaku, Aug 29, 2004.

  1. mkdaku

    mkdaku Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will be going for a new Laptop soon, don't know jack about them, but am more concerned with price than anything else. Could someone please list the following manufacturers in their order of best vs. worst.

    Acer
    HP Compaq
    Dell
    IBM
    Fujitsu - Siemens
    Sony
    Toshiba

    Also, could you tell me which is better; the centrino or the pentium 4 processor, I will not be using it for travelling, etc. just for keeping it on my desktop. Also is Intel's HT technology all that it's hyped up to be, or is it just a gimmick?
    Thanks in advance
     
    mkdaku, Aug 29, 2004
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    Asking which is better is such a broad catagory, better in what area? Quality? Value? Customer Service?
     
    GSpark1, Aug 29, 2004
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    Durability, reliability, toughness. NOTHING ELSE MATTHERS
     
    mkdaku, Aug 30, 2004
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by mkdaku
     
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    P.S. as for HT: people were heaving a hard time figuring out whether enabling/disabling the HT changes anything. I guess, that may answer your question.

    Pentium HT CPU will drain a lot of power, your battery life will be shorter and heat hotter. Athlons or mobile pentiums (Dothans) are the way to go in a laptop.
     
    alekkh, Aug 30, 2004
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