antonOO2
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What are the best processors around at the moment?
Looking at P4 but wondered if any others were any good?
cheers
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BlueCorsa
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If you are planning to use it mobile and on battery power, Centrino is best. Generates less heat and uses less power so battery lasts longer. Quoted speeds are equivalent to twice speed for P4s - so a 1.4GHz Centrino will give you around about the same performance as a 2.8GHz P4.
Some laptops have desktop P4 processors - if you're getting a machine just for home use or mostly connected to mains power, then these are OK as you'll probably get a fast processor machine at a decent price.
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antonOO2
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Would be for home use ,or when im near to a mains outlet only really.Looking at a refurbished P4 3Ghz on ebay at the mo,think its goin to finish around 380.
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BlueCorsa
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Sounds alright then
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antonOO2
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Yeh sound good but got to add Vat to that final price ,but still a good price even with the vat added i think?
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James_DT
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Yeah it is.
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BlueCorsa
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Yeah, depends what it comes with though. Check out http://www.europc.co.uk/ and http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/ for other refurb laptops to check prices.
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