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I’m got a 1.3 GHZ Pentium M laptop for work right now, and it is fast enough. It is slow when I’m running multiple programs, but it has never been a problem. I hear the dual core stuff helps with the multiple program freezing and slowness I’m seeing now.
I’m between a ULV Intel Pentium M 733 (1.1 GHz) and an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 (1.6 GHz) dual core.
Obviously the 1.6GHz is faster, but what about reliability and longevity of the AMD chip. Is the AMD chip going to last as long as an Intel chip? (I have an old IBM Pentium Laptop that is still kicking it after years of my abuse…) Also, I have never considered anything but an Intel chip for serious computing. I’m buying the laptop for personal use, but I’ll be running AutoCad and some scientific/engineering software on it. Will the AMD chip be up to it?
I know I can get faster and better computers, but they won’t be as portable as I need. Just what (if any) are the draw backs of the AMD chip? They’ve always been cheaper than the Intel chips and seemingly less reliable or robust. But is that still the case today?
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