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M powered or Core Duo powered?

post #1 of 6
3/7/06 at 8:34pm
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Hi,

My dad wants a laptop, it's HP DV1000

I know there is a core duo version, but I can't find it here in Ireland, and I don't know when the hell is it going to be available, but Centrino DV1000 is being sold in PCWorld and Dixons.

So I was wondering if he does not go with Duo, is it a big loss? will the performance loss be noticibly worse with what he does.......

He does:

Office programs
Accounting program
burn cds
listen to music sometimes
surf net

that's basically it

he does not:

Play games
Encode video/audio
Archive lots of stuff

Oh and I don't know about future proofing, Vista needs a decent graphics card, and this laptop has an intergrated one, on the other hand, he does not like all the "effects" and prefers the good old classic theme, but will Vista have it?
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post #2 of 6
3/9/06 at 2:45pm
I have a DV1000t with a 2.0GHz Core Duo in it. It is extremely fast. I honestly did not need this big of a machine, but I figured when I was gonna be spending the money, I would go all out. The Core Duo is great when running multiple applications. I can run as many programs as I want to at once without having any noticable lag. If your dad is using his notebook for just the basics then he could save some money and go with the Pentium M.
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post #3 of 6
3/9/06 at 5:09pm
Is the 2.0 Ghz duo core is faster than a 3.4Ghz pentium M?
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post #4 of 6
5/4/06 at 1:03am
There is no such thing as a 3.4GHz pentium M... It's probably a celeron M or Pentium 4.
And if that's the case, the duo core totally blows it away!! no joke.
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post #5 of 6
5/4/06 at 1:37am
For what your dad do, I think a PM would be the right one.
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post #6 of 6
5/4/06 at 2:21pm
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Originally Posted by TheNetCrawler
Hi,

My dad wants a laptop, it's HP DV1000

I know there is a core duo version, but I can't find it here in Ireland, and I don't know when the hell is it going to be available, but Centrino DV1000 is being sold in PCWorld and Dixons.

Try www.hp.com , or better yet www.costco.com and have one shipped to you?

If nothing else go to Costco.com and configure one, see what the price would be thru them. They have a six month return policy.
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