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My daughter has £330 to spend on a Laptop.
In the old days I understood processors and which was best but I'm utterly lost these days
/harry hill Which one is best?
Dual-core AMD Athlon™ II X2 P360 Processor in [url= http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-c660d-152-3gb-memory-320gb-hard-drive-grey-08702328-pdt.html ]this[/url]
or Intel Pentium P6100 2GHz in [url= http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236681 ]this[/url]
thanks.
Based purely on this,
I'd posit that the AMD was the better CPU. But don't quote me on that, I'm terrifically out of touch with AMD processors. I should do something about that really.
The HP has a faster hard disk; I swapped out a 5.4k drive for a 7.2k unit in my laptop and it made a noticeable difference in performance.
Other than that, there's not a lot between them. I'm a big fan of Toshiba laptops and HP hardware is generally good stuff too. I think if it were me I'd go to PC World or such and see if there's any I could poke and prod, check the keyboards and displays and such.
Thanks, I was preferring the shop visit myself.
don't worry too much about the processor but a good way of telling is to look at the bus (fsb or front side bus) speed, the higher the hz is better
both are good choices
I think you're opining, not positing...
Tomshardware has a CPU hierarchy chart, not cast in stone, gaming specific, but a useful guide none the less:
[url= http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-overclock,2772-6.html ]Tom's Gaming CPU Hierarchy Chart [/url]
I was preferring the shop visit myself.
I don't necessarily mean to buy from a shop, just that it's good to get 'hands on' with this stuff I think.