Here's a comparison from Intel's website:
http://www.intel.com/products/benchmarks/notebook/index.htm?bm=cmt_centrino_nbbm
Looks like a 1.7 Centrino is faster and has longer battery life than a mobile P4
2.6. In my experience it doesn't get as hot either.
Greg
Quoting "Arnett, Matt" <Matt.Arnett@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> After reading my original post I forgot to list an app server running
> too, probably WebLogic 8 or 9.
>
> I plan to get 1 gig or ram but anymore than that gets really pricey.
>
> My biggest hang-up on the Centrino is that for the price of a 1.6 to 2.0
> GHz, I could get a standard
> HT 3.0 GHz processor for about the same money. But it sounds like a
> Pentium M 1.6 is fairly
> comparable in speed to a HT 3.0. Not sure how Intel pulled that off.
>
> Thanks,
> -Matt
>
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> From: robert.cheek@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:robert.cheek@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:24 AM
> To: Arnett, Matt
> Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] Centrino
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> We're not using Centrino, per se (our policy prohibits wireless devices
> on
> the laptops we order), but we're running Pentium M 1.6GHz laptops with
> 2GB
> of RAM, and they are comparable in speed and performance to our 3GHz
> minitowers (also 2GB of RAM, SATA disks, etc.). We run a 18,000 class
> java
> app in WebSphere, ClearCase, Lotus Notes, WSAD, DB2, and assorted
> other
> miscellaney without any problem. Probably the worst thing about it is
> that
> the disk subsystem is slower than the towers, so startup times are
> longer
> for the apps, but once they're running, you're good.
>
> We ordered both towers and laptops for some of our senior guys just
> because
> of that concern, and all of them have pretty much abandoned the towers
> due
> to the fact that the performance is so similar.
>
> --
> Rob Cheek
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> Sorry, I don't have any free gmail accounts to offer :-0
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>
> Does anyone know how the Centrino processor based laptops perform for
> typical java development work? i.e. running and IDE, a DB server, ant
> (cranking away at unit tests), maybe a couple other apps running.
>
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>
> If you have any links that compare non-centrino to centrino
> performance
> that would help too.
>
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> Thanks,
> -Matt
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