The one thing missing from the test was a model from Acer. They are becoming a major player in the notebook market, and have a competitive low end model in the TM2312, which includes wireless. Their low end models, both Cel M and Sempron, use SiS chipsets, which would add another interest factor to testing one. I'd like to see how the SiS Cel M Acer compares in performance and battery life to the Ati and Intel chipset models you've already tested, and how the Acer screen measures up.
Great test -- unique in covering the loss leader models, and very thorough, as expected from Anandtech.
I have a couple of questions about your Sempron setup:
The first is not really a question, but I'm guessing the systems had PowerNow enabled during the battery-life test, correct?
Secondly, do you know which Sempron CPU your systems had? There's the Mobile Semprons for "Full-sized notebooks" with a 62W (which I think are the 130nm ones) and there's the Mobile Semprons for "Thin and Light notebooks" with a 25W TDP. I was just wondering since other sites show a very close match in battery life between the Turion and the Pentium Ms, which should have lead to Semprons destroying Celeron Ms in that regard, considering that the Celeron M cannot downclock itself.
I enjoyed the roundup, I'm constantly having relatives and friends asking me for recommendations on 'cheap' notebooks that are still 'good'. I'd be interested to see some of the techbargains, fatwallet, etc. type deals included, maybe even just for comparison purposes as an outlier. For example, last month they had some Inspiron 6000 series that could hit lower than $600, and this week they have the B130 with a 1.73 GHz Pentium M and a 14" screen for less than $600. They take a little more work and looking to find a configuration that cheap shipped, but I'd like to see how they stack up and the differences in the performance tests you can gain by smart shopping.
I basically spent the whole separate in NC playing Xbox 360, I stand by my viewpoint that there are no executioner send off titles, yet rather there more info http://forestresearchtools.com/ driving mechanics of a Forza or a GT4, it has hostile to associating, meaning I can really see down the track and know which heading I should turn in a couple hundred feet.
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CB1 - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
The one thing missing from the test was a model from Acer. They are becoming a major player in the notebook market, and have a competitive low end model in the TM2312, which includes wireless. Their low end models, both Cel M and Sempron, use SiS chipsets, which would add another interest factor to testing one. I'd like to see how the SiS Cel M Acer compares in performance and battery life to the Ati and Intel chipset models you've already tested, and how the Acer screen measures up.Great test -- unique in covering the loss leader models, and very thorough, as expected from Anandtech.
Furen - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
I have a couple of questions about your Sempron setup:The first is not really a question, but I'm guessing the systems had PowerNow enabled during the battery-life test, correct?
Secondly, do you know which Sempron CPU your systems had? There's the Mobile Semprons for "Full-sized notebooks" with a 62W (which I think are the 130nm ones) and there's the Mobile Semprons for "Thin and Light notebooks" with a 25W TDP. I was just wondering since other sites show a very close match in battery life between the Turion and the Pentium Ms, which should have lead to Semprons destroying Celeron Ms in that regard, considering that the Celeron M cannot downclock itself.
AndrewChang - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
Whoa, where did it go? I see it on the frontpage, restarted my comp (good ol' ie) and voila... It's gone!Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
Just been pushed back by a day to make room for http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?...">Yonah :)Take care,
Anand
LanceVance - Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - link
So, have you played any titles on the current generation of consoles this season?Or the interest is less in the games and more in the technology and the buzz and the political contest of the next-gen consoles?
mpc7488 - Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - link
I enjoyed the roundup, I'm constantly having relatives and friends asking me for recommendations on 'cheap' notebooks that are still 'good'. I'd be interested to see some of the techbargains, fatwallet, etc. type deals included, maybe even just for comparison purposes as an outlier. For example, last month they had some Inspiron 6000 series that could hit lower than $600, and this week they have the B130 with a 1.73 GHz Pentium M and a 14" screen for less than $600. They take a little more work and looking to find a configuration that cheap shipped, but I'd like to see how they stack up and the differences in the performance tests you can gain by smart shopping.UrszulaKozlowska - Monday, May 2, 2022 - link
I basically spent the whole separate in NC playing Xbox 360, I stand by my viewpoint that there are no executioner send off titles, yet rather there more info http://forestresearchtools.com/ driving mechanics of a Forza or a GT4, it has hostile to associating, meaning I can really see down the track and know which heading I should turn in a couple hundred feet.