Xtort
join:2001-07-28
Edmonton, AB
1 edit | reply to battlesite
Re: AMD Athlon VS Pentium Centrino Question
I've used a few Turion X2 and Centrino based notebooks and the battery life is nearly the same. I'm using a Toshiba Satellite-Pro A200-01H at the moment and the battery life is pretty much the same as my HP Pavilion dv2000.
At this point, I would say that you are not getting a downgrade. The Centrino notebook that you had could have been 3 years old by now. If your processor was labeled as the Pentium-M and not the Core Solo, you definitely have one of the early generation Centrino notebooks, probably the Sonoma platform. Sonoma being a Pentium-M / GMA 900 graphics / Intel 2200BG wireless adapter combination.
The new notebook that you would be getting or already have is definitely an upgrade. You get a dual-core processor that is capable of running 64-bit Windows, DDR2 memory, and a graphics system that is much better than the GMA 900. Even if the graphics system is the GeForce 6150, it's still miles ahead. The battery life would be the same as the Turion X2 uses less power than the old Pentium-M Dothan.
If you concerned about battery life, see if the notebook comes with a battery that has more than 6 cells in it.
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