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More info?)
I have the Inspiron 9100, which may be considered a "big brother" to the
5150.
Three quick thoughts. First off, I think the real P4's may be more powerful
when multi-tasking because of the Hyperthreading. However, I'm not sure if
that's enabled/available on the 5150.
Second, the 9100/5150/XPS don't have docking stations available for them. I
really really wish they did. Only option is a USB docking station, which is
no better than a hub, really. Other people don't necessarily care about
that.
If you run AutoCad professionaly, you might want to look at the M60
workstation. That's the one I wanted, but I couldn't fit it in my budget.
As far as I know, it's the only one with "certified" video drivers. Don't
know if that would make a difference to you or not.
Clint
"Greg" <ghays@vc.com> wrote in message
news:Y4adnSZlNbLQ3I_cRVn-gA@arkansas.net...
> I believe you are correct out the mobil being a souped up p3. I had read
> that in a chat group earlier today.
>
> I don't have a problem with missing serial and parallel ports. Those are
> dead anyway. Everything is either usb or firewire. I will look further at
> the 5150. Thanks for the help.
>
>
> "Phillip T. Murphy" <pStPmAuMrphy@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:H7rQc.8035$Ns.6825@bignews5.bellsouth.net...
> > "Greg" <ghays@vc.com> wrote in message
> > news:qqqdndSjptBgpo_cRVn-pg@arkansas.net...
> > > I'm looking at either the 5150 or the 8600. If I get the 8600 then I
> will
> > be
> > > getting the processor with 2mb of cache. But I read in pc world
> magazine
> > > that the 5150 mobil p4 (512k of cache) has great battery life. I don't
> > know
> > > what the battery life is on the 8600. Is the processor speed about
equal
> > > between the two? I will be using it for AutoCAD and Gaming. I also
read
> > that
> > > the 5150 heats up pretty good. Any help or advice would be
appreciated.
> >
> > I have a 5150 and have not noticed any heat issues. The 5150 replaced
my
> > Inspiron 8100 and the 8100 got hotter. The 5150 does have good battery
> life
> > for a laptop running that powerful of a processor - I get about 4 hours
> with
> > the screen on all the time. I use AutoCAD on the machine from time to
> time
> > without any issues. Sorry, I'm not a gamer.
> >
> > I went with the 5150 over the other Inspirons because the 5150 has a
true
> > Pentium 4. From what I have read, the Pentium 4 is much faster when
doing
> a
> > lot of multi-tasking - I have an Oracle Database and several other
"hogs"
> > running in the background most of the time. The Pentium M, again from
> what
> > I read during research, looses much of its speed when multiple apps are
> > processing at one time. Isn't the Pentium M based on the Pentium 3
> > architecture, just reved up?
> >
> > Things to keep in mind if you go with a 5150...
> >
> > It is basically a USB peripheral computer - ther is no mouse port, no
> > keyboard port, no parallel port, no serial port. It does have one
> > 1394/firewire port and two USB 2.0 ports, monitor, network, and one
PCMCIA
> > slot.
> >
> > Hope that helps...
> >
> > PM
> >
> >
>
>