[ltp] Buying a T41p

[Morris, Joseph C]

Well, having an R40 myself, I can't comment much on anything but the =
processor.  Pentium M clock speeds are very misleading, the things rock! =
 I've got a 1.4 GHz and it is so much faster than I expected.  I would =
equate its speed with my Athlon 2200.  This is a very good processors, =
and I easily get 4 hours+ battery life because of it.

Joe


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From:	linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org on behalf of Cameron =
McCormack
Sent:	Sat 3/27/2004 12:16 AM
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Subject:	[ltp] Buying a T41p
Hi everyone.

I'm contemplating buying a notebook and at the top of my list is the
Thinkpad T41p.  From following this list for a short while it seems
like the Linux support for this model is quite reasonable.  I've got a
couple of questions before I commit myself, though.  (Sorry if some of
these aren't Linux specific.)

  1. How would the 1.7GHz Pentium M compare to, say, my desktop 2.4 GHz
     Pentium 4 machine?  At the moment I'm doing a lot of Java 2D
     graphics development work, and I don't want it to be much slower
     than my desktop.  I have read articles saying that the performance
     of Centrino machines with a given processor speed are comparable to
     P4s with a higher speed.  Is this correct?