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Maki · #31 03-17-2010, 12:48 PM

My prior laptop (now have an Asus) was an HP with an AMD processor and man, did that thing run hot. In fact, I think the heat had a lot to do with the motherboard's premature demise.

The Intel-equipped Asus, a P50ij, is much cooler. It's a great value, too -- got it on sale for less than $500.

cmac2012 · #32 03-18-2010, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

AMD CPU's are superior. I run many servers and a ton of desktops with AMD CPU's and they perform flawlessly. In fact, my AMD systems are capable of virtualization, something many Intel CPU's cannot do. For Performance vs. Price, AMD are better in every way. I'd never throw my money away on an Intel CPU. Totally pointless.

Many intel CPU's will not run the XP Mode virtual machine due to their limitations in virtualization. I'd stick with an AMD CPU.

Dang, not what I'd call faint praise. Now I'm going to have to rethink this thing. Better call my IT prof. nephew. I hope he doesn't get tired of me picking his brain.

Ara T. · #33 03-18-2010, 04:35 AM

Dont worry about it, either processor is going to be plenty fast especially with 4gb of RAM. Get whatever's cost effective.. and if you are going to use it unplugged a lot, one with good battery life (heavily dependant on CPU). Check those reviews!