AMD Turion X2 or Core2Duo- would you recommend? why?

hey,

I would like to buy a laptop, though as per as desktop processor AMD is good enough since I have been using for last more than 5 years without any problem.

But would like to know what would you suggest for laptop processor?

AMD Turion X2 (RM74)- HP Pavilion or Core2Duo (M8600)- Dell Inspiron- ?

Would like to use 16-18 hours daily for programming/development etc.

I would not recomend buying a laptop for extensive hourly use, especially 16-18 hours. that leaves what.. 6 hours combined to sleep and eat?

As far as comparing processors, there was one point in time where I would always choose AMD over Intel, they seemed to get more cycles with less power. Nowadays I just decide what kind of specs are necessary and go fort he cheapest (recently intel has been the economic purchase)

M8600? That's not an Intel procesor, it's an Nvidia GPU.

I like AMD for desktop operations. I don't recommend them for notebooks, though. The Core 2 Duos run fairly cool compared to their X2 Turion counterparts.

Also, a lot of modern full-sized notebooks are being presented as desktop replacements, and really they are. "netbooks" have taken over the market of "30-minute computing," and it's not uncommon for someone to want to use their notebook all day--just be careful of how often you charge/discharge your battery.

btw, my HP laptop came with the nvidia 8600 video card.. I wish I could have had reports like this a year ago.

Definitely stay away from that laptop.

ARM, with a desktop PC to go with it.

Seriously, laptops are obsolete. The "desktop replacement" and "gamer" laptops often have real desktop CPUs, which suck power, and worse, run so hot they can fry your nuts.

Get a netbook with a ARM, and Ethernet it to a killer $900 desktop with a quad processor and 6GB of disk.

I like AMD cpus, but Intel has been kicking their butt the few years with the Core2 line. Still, we need competition.

yeah, I like AMD CPUs too, and wanted to use laptop as desktop. Anyways, I need a laptop. So if can't use for 16-18 hours then 6-8 hours are also fine.



Downloads/uploads too while idle

Then I should go for $700 laptop max $750. Dell Inspiron seems good to me. But confused whether it will generate heat or not. Though without using can not gather experience after all

I have yet to hear of an electronic device that doesn't.

And fast laptops generate a lot of heat. I've got a Lenovo with dual core2 and when its busy, its hot. Its got a fairly big fan that gets loud when the CPU is rocking.

Which is why I like desktops for serious work, quad core systems with 6GB of ram are dirt cheap these days.

Core 2 Duo in my desktop. Trying to upgrade to a 8400 when I have enough money.

AMD in my laptop. It runs very hot (also has a 512 meg video card in it that isn't helping) and it does not like to run for long periods of time. Even doing stuff like cruising the web.

AMD was cheaper when I bought my laptop and had more power (2.0GHz compared to same priced Intel chips at 1.4-1.6GHz)

Just don't buy an Asus laptop. I have a lot of issues finding drivers and such for mine.

Good luck

This is a silly statement. The gigahertz clock rating is one thing that contributes to effective speed/power of a system, but its by no means the only one. Which is why both AMD and Intel have moved away from naming CPUs by the clock speed.

Things like the number of instruction pipelines, branch prediction, cache size, etc. all have as much if not more impact than clock speed.

Get out of the 80s, this is a new century.