RE: [OT] New laptop - AMD or Intel

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks to all who replied.

I now await delivery of my new laptop :)

17" Truebright Screen 1440 x 900
Upped the spec of processor slightly to 1.83GHz T5550
Upgraded to 4Gb Ram
Included a Carry case

=A3614 :)

I did briefly look at MacBook prices, then ran away. I looked at a 17"
and
the only real differnced I could see was a faster processor which I could
have got for another =A3100 or so but the price of the MacBook was =A31800
=
:(

As I am basically a WINDOWS DEVELOPER, I fail to see the point in buying a
MAC and paying for an operating system I don=92t need then having to pay
fo=
r
Windows as well.

Will be looking to make my new machine Dual Boot Vista/XP once it arrives

Once again, thanks for the replies. Jims link to Wikipedia was useful :)

Keith
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-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Paul Gordon

Hi Keith,

All IMHO of course, but I believe that the Intel CPU's have the edge right
now in various ways. The Core Duo's are pretty good in terms of heat
dissipation, performance per Watt, & power consumption. Their raw
performance is pretty good too.

I'd say 2GB is the *minimum* to run Vista (Spit!) acceptably. But going
above it usually involves a compromise...



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