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Whats Better Mobile: Intel Celeron 900 2.2Ghz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon

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micmonty   11-07-2009 at 04:31:24 PM

Which notebook as the better processor and machine.

$298 - HP Intel Celeron Processor 900 (2.2 ghz), with 3gigs or ram, 250 gig harddrive, dvd burner, 15.6 inch display

$349 - Acer AMD Dual-Core Athalon 1.2Ghz, 4 gigs ram, 250 gig harddrive, dvd burner, 15.6 inch display.

I have both and want to know which one to return. Both have Windows 7 Home Premium installed.

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micmonty   11-07-2009 at 09:53:07 PM

tortnotes wrote :

What model laptops are these?



The HP is G60-519WM - The WM means Walmart exclusive.

The Acer model number is: AS5534-1096

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sanchz   11-08-2009 at 12:04:03 AM

Well, since you have both, check whether you can feel any difference between them. If the Celeron is a single core, then keep the Athlon.
Also test how long the battery lasts on each, and stress it with something like nero converting and see which ends the task faster.

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rodney_ws   11-08-2009 at 06:32:56 AM

That Celeron is a dual core chip and should be noticeably faster than the Acer. Also, I'd pick up an HP laptop any day over an Acer. I know several people that got that $298 HP this morning. My vote goes for returning the Acer for price AND performance reasons.

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micmonty   11-08-2009 at 04:46:16 PM

rodney_ws wrote :

That Celeron is a dual core chip and should be noticeably faster than the Acer. Also, I'd pick up an HP laptop any day over an Acer. I know several people that got that $298 HP this morning. My vote goes for returning the Acer for price AND performance reasons.




oh I thought all Celerons were single core. If it was dual core wouldn't that be Core 2 duo chip?

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jennyh   11-08-2009 at 05:05:29 PM

rodney_ws wrote :

That Celeron is a dual core chip and should be noticeably faster than the Acer. Also, I'd pick up an HP laptop any day over an Acer. I know several people that got that $298 HP this morning. My vote goes for returning the Acer for price AND performance reasons.



Actually it's a single core Celeron and almost certainly a lot slower than the Athlon.

http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41498

The HP has intel graphics...enough said. The 3200 in the Acer is about 5x more powerful.

Furthermore, HP build awful computers - 3gb of RAM? I bet that is dual channel and actually operating worse than 2gb would on the same machine...and come on 'walmart exclusive' what do you expect?

What reason exactly do you have for picking a HP laptop over an Acer again?

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micmonty   11-08-2009 at 05:09:54 PM

It was just the price at that time. and I just found that link you provided five mins ago to tell me it was a single core (that I expected). So I should drop this HQ back to walmart and hold on to the Acer.

I will still be on the hunt from now till black friday for a better notebook with a better deal.

How bad is the AMD processor? Or will it work for simple internet usage?

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rodney_ws   11-08-2009 at 05:17:17 PM

I could have sworn it was a dual core... I Googled it at work for a co-worker who was asking about that laptop. OOOPS!

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micmonty   11-08-2009 at 05:51:48 PM

but an AMD Atalon x2 64 running at 1.2Ghz is that still faster than a celeron running at 2.2Ghz??

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jennyh   11-08-2009 at 06:04:14 PM

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"A variety of CPU options are available with Congo laptops, but Acer has opted to use the new Athlon X2 L310. This has a relatively modest clock speed of 1.2GHz but, as it's a dual-core offering, it promises better performance--particularly in multitasking scenarios--than we've seen from equivalent Intel solutions."



I don't think there is much doubt that the Acer is worth the extra. Ditch the HP, they make dire computers period.

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sanchz   11-08-2009 at 07:03:36 PM

The Athlon X2 will be faster then the Celeron at 2.2GHz even with its 1.2GHz clockspeed because it is a dual-core. Either way, you shouldn't be expecting good videogame performance or video transcoding performance, but if you browse, check mails, or view HD movies (yes, it's possible with that hardware); you'll be just fine. After all, what could you expect froma a notebook?

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