AMD or Intel?

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Gomar

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I am in the market for a laptop. Narrowed it down to this one, but
have to 2 options. All seems same besides AMD vs. Intel(+$50):

Laptops / Notebooks
COMPAQ Presario CQ60-210US AMD Athlon X2 QL-62(2.00GHz) 15.6" 2GB Memory 250GB HDD DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 8200M NoteBook - Retail
Part#: NB275UA#ABA
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 2.0G
Screen: 15.6"
Memory Size: 2GB DDR2
Hard Disk: 250GB
Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M
Model #: CQ60-210US
Your Price:$579.99
Mail-In Rebate :N82E16834107024 $30.00
Price after rebate N82E16834107024(s):$549.99


COMPAQ Presario CQ60-220US Intel Pentium dual-core T3400(2.16GHz) 15.6" 2GB Memory 250GB HDD DVD Super Multi Intel GMA 4500M NoteBook - Retail
Part#: NB048UA#ABA
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type: Intel Pentium dual-core T3400(2.16GHz)
Screen: 15.6"
Memory Size: 2GB DDR2
Hard Disk: 250GB
Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card: Intel GMA 4500M
Model #: CQ60-220US
Your Price:$599.99
 
completly outside of gaming purposes, the Geforce 8200 >> Intel GMA 4500.

The intel Pentium Dual core will usually outperform, but by a difference thats worth $50 I don't know.
 
I'd rather go with the AMD system since it's got better graphics and the intel one isn't a core 2, it's a core duo, which is NOT THE SAME.
 
the "pentium dual core" on the desktop side are allendales with half their L2 disabled for a total of 1MB, which is a low power 65nm chip so it might be suitable for laptops, which might be the case here. Doing so really cripples the core 2 architecture but it still might outrun that athlon X2.
 
Intel system should = more battery life.
AMD system you risk dealing with the overheating problem that plagues that line.
 
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