Hi,
I bought me a new notebook/laptop computer, a Dell Latitude D800,
1.6 Ghz (Centrino!), 1 Gb DDR RAM.
I had in mind to buy the 2.4 Ghz Inspiron, 2.4 Ghz > 1.6 Ghz,
sounds faster, but it isn't!
The centrino 1.6 Ghz processor is a little bit faster then the 2.4 Ghz
Intel.
Some render tests I did in Lightwave, same scene, same everything.
AMD Atlon XP 2100+, 1 Gb SDRAM, GeForce4 Ti 4200 128Mb
--------------------------------> 9 min 42 sec
AMD Atlon XP 2100+, 512 Mb DDR RAM, GeForce2 64Mb
-------------------------------> 9 min 7 sec
Dell Inspiron 8200 Pentium(M) 1.8 Ghz , 512 Mb DDR RAM, GeForce4 440
GO 64 Mb -------------> 8 min 48 sec
Dell D800 Pentium, Centrino(M) 1.6Ghz, 1 Gb DDR RAM, GeForce4 4200 GO
64 Mb -------------------> 6 min 42 sec
(more minutes is longer rendering)
As you can see, the D800 is a very fast machine and because it runs on
the centrino processor the battery runs longer!!
Also check the POV-ray test at
http://www.veryComputer.com/
It's a very nice tri-metall machine, widescreen (15,4 inch, 1920x1200
pixels).
Also check the specs (quake-arena) for *,
http://www.veryComputer.com/#open_gl...
The clock frequency issue will be a major problem for Intel's
marketing machine. As long as Banias delivers performance,and it does,
people will believe in Intel's new mobile processor,
just as they've done for decades.
So if you have plans to buy a notebook then buy this Dell!
www.dell.com
www.dell.nl
Take care!
Freddy Peters
*fish
www.*fish.nl
Amsterdam, the Netherlands