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Name: dropdbassr
Date: July 1, 2003 at 22:14:29 Pacific
Subject: Intel Centrino Vs G4 Powerbook
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Hello,

I was just wondering what your thoughts are on the G4 Powerbook VS the Intel Centrino. For this example lets use their lowest machines Centrino 1.3mhz and the G4 867.

1. Which is faster for the buck? Fully loaded Dell Machine Centrino vs low end powerbook at same price?

2. What are the advantages/disadvantages?

3. If you're doing graphics what would you choose?

4. Whose battery life is better?

5. Any other thoughts or points worth noting.

Any suggestions would be great

Thanks!


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Response Number 1
Name: leif
Date: July 2, 2003 at 08:50:51 Pacific
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I'd get the Powerbook just because it's got OSX and a Dell has XP. OSX is the sole biggest reason to buy a Mac. In my experience with an iBook the battery life is better than the Inspiron I used to have, by a large margin.


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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle
Date: July 7, 2003 at 21:10:58 Pacific
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Centrinos are univerally sh*tty, period. The G4 will put it to shame twice over.

p


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Response Number 3
Name: Pegasus!!!
Date: July 21, 2003 at 11:31:45 Pacific
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sorry the mac would piss over the centrino, its purely just a downscaled P4 chip so the small power supply in the thinner laptops can last longer.. the OSX is much less taxing on the system CPU/MEMORY then XP,so u would get much more speed for its spec..the memory useage is better on the mac, PLUS!! it hasa Radeon!! which would piss over the max speed centrinos which are barely Geforce Go chips.. ON TOP OF THAT.. the only quality display which would almost compare with the mac would be a sony.. which is twice the price!!

join the sexy generation.. APPLE!
(either that or fork out 2 grand for a sony)


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Response Number 4
Name: galin1975
Date: August 13, 2003 at 10:58:31 Pacific
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I have the dell 1.3 centrino. I would
equate the speed of that chip with about a
p4 2ghz. Battery life is about 4 hours
(depending on use). Mine has the sxga
screen (1400x1050). The cpu is denfinitly
not a downgrade p4, it's a complete
redesign starting with a p3. Uses sse2,
1meg l2 cache, 400mhz front side bus. the
ibook with 15" screen is only 1280x854, as
well you don't get ddr ram with it, not
sure what vid card they have but my dell
has a radeon 9000 built in.


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Response Number 5
Name: inamra
Date: August 14, 2003 at 15:35:46 Pacific
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Go for the powerbook g4, without a doubt the better of the two, but see if you can save up for the 1ghz g4 powerbook its lush. and if you dont go for a mac make sure you dont run windoze on the laptop run linux mandrake9 or RH8 or you could even run bsd.

Have fun with whatever you choose


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Response Number 6
Name: galin1975
Date: August 19, 2003 at 08:32:52 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

PowerBook 1GHz (15.2" TFT)
1GHz PowerPC G4
40GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
512MB SDRAM - 2 DIMMs
AirPort Card
$2,549.00

Inspiron 600m
Intel PentiumŪM,1.6GHz,
14.1SXGA+ ATI 64MB Video
512MB DDR - 2 DIMMs
40GB Ultra ATA drive
2x CD/DVD burner
IntelŪ PRO/Wireless 2100
$2,478.00

There is no comparison. Almost the same
price and the dell is way in the lead, for
bang for the buck


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