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Hi,

I am doing research for buying some new laptops. I thought this would be simple as I am fairly well versed with desktop technology, compopnents, etc.

So the main stumper I have run across is about the Centrino chips. Centrino is being hyped like crazy but near as I can tell it's clock speeds are really really low. I think the highest I've seen is like 1.7GHZ. Being an AMD fan on the desktop side I understand that MHZ is not everything but the Centrino chips don't have any additional ratings so I am forced to assume that they perform at the listed mhz speed which is kinda crappy.

Can someone maybe give me a review or some insight on how well they perform? Why in the world would I want a Centrino powered laptop? Also, how does the Centrino chip tie into wireless?
And how much power does it really save?
Because I am currently leaning towards getting a non-centrino P4 at 2.8Ghz.

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Everyone seems to be asking the same question, and I always compare the 1.6GHz P-M to a 2.5-2.66GHz P4... 2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to Benchmark a 2.8GHz P4 notebook - so here is a comparison:

<A HREF="http://www.rcsraven.0catch.com/P4PMBench.xls" target="_new">P4 vs PM Bench</A>

Edit: Sorry, I forgot Battery Life: The Compaq lasted 2:43Minutes at MAXIMUM power savings (lowest brightness, lowest clock - 1.6GHz), The Dell lasted 4:17Minutes.

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