amd vs intel vs powerpc; advice needed

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I'm just trying to get a feel for what the differences are between the different processors.

Particularly I'm thinking of getting either a Pentium-M, a Pentium-4, some sort of AMD chip, or a G4.

I'm wondering which one is both most powerful and uses less power. I heard some places that a G4 outperforms x86 chips at the same clock speed, and I also heard a P-M outperforms a P-4 at less clockspeeds. I haven't read to much about AMD. What is the big deal about 64-bit anyway, especially in a laptop?

Oh and I should probably mention that I do NOT and WILL NOT use OS X or Windows, its GNU/Linux and OpenBSD for me :)

Thanks guys. Be nice IM NEW :)

EDIT: I probably should mention I'm narrowing down my choice of laptop between different processors. I will look at the screen size, resolution, and other factors after I pick a CPU. I believe CPU is the most important factor in buying a laptop (am I wrong?).
 
Best for Battery life in the choices you gave is deff the Pentium M based CPU's , Pentium 4 M will get SHIT for battery life , also The AMD turions i heard are pretty good in battery life ... core duo is also very fast an has really good battery life
 
Core Duo, end of story. (Aka Yonah, or in a few months Merom)

Uses very little power, and is extremely powerful, and very Linux friendly.
 
mwarps said:
Core Duo, end of story. (Aka Yonah, or in a few months Merom)

Uses very little power, and is extremely powerful, and very Linux friendly.
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Don't want to spend that much for a laptop.
 
For real world performance, the Pentium-M is essentially a Core Solo.

They only two things you should be looking at are PentiumM (Dothan), or an Intel Core processor, period.
 
CrAzYsPyDeR said:
Best for Battery life in the choices you gave is deff the Pentium M based CPU's , Pentium 4 M will get SHIT for battery life , also The AMD turions i heard are pretty good in battery life ... core duo is also very fast an has really good battery life
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The Mobile Pentium 4-M wasn't bad (20-35W), but it hasn't been used in years since it was replaced by the Pentium M. The "Mobile Pentium 4" (60-88W) is what you're thinking of for horrible battery life and battery life really depends on the power management used and battery capacity. For example, my sister has a cheap "Mobile" Celeron 2.6GHz (62W Celeron version of the Mobile P4 using a NW core) laptop and it has a battery life of around 3 hours with a 6500mAH battery. Mobile P4 laptops without a custom power driver can get much worse battery life.

zenlunatic asked about a Pentium 4 and that's distinct from the P4-M. I don't really understand why the confusion often pops up. For a couple of years, the P4-M was Intel's flagship mobile processor and it wasn't in any way rare.
 
All about Core Duo/Yonah, or Merom if you are buying this notebook wayyyy later (and Merom is supposed to come in an ULV version that has a TDP of < 10 watts? :confused: ).

And then Core Solo or a Pentium M, then the AMD Turions.

And last would be G4, because you'd pay the premium for an Apple notebook but you would not be using it for Mac OSX, which to me, defeats the purpose.

No wait, Pentium 4 would be also last, since you don't want to use a desktop chip in a notebook unless you don't care about getting less than 2 hours of battery life (using a 9 cell, no less).
 
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