As someone had to say it.
Make your own 1
Sorry if that doesn't help but if it doesn't y did u try Linux?
On Jan 11, 2012 10:25 PM, "Tim Brocklehurst" <timb@???>
wrote:
> Hi guys!
>
> I realise I haven't posted anything on the list for ages, and that most of
> you
> will think that's a good thing. However, I need a little help...
>
> For a while now I have thought that my 2.4GHz P4 has been a little
> underpowered, and was considering replacing it with a big desktop rig.
> However, I now find myself reasoning thus: I am going to be doing more
> mobile
> computing, presentations etc. A laptop is more useful for mobile
> development
> (ie. at LUG Meets). A laptop is still going to be several times faster
> than my
> current desktop.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have limitless money. Consequently, I'm after the
> best
> "bang for my buck", and here's the problem. Having identified two laptops
> (below) which look good, and are a sensible price, how does one choose
> between
> them when all the information available (benchmarks and user reviews) seem
> to
> be either sketchy or very similar (and sometimes wildly different for no
> adequately explored reason).
>
> Therefore, if anyone has either of these laptops, could you run the Byte
> benchmark for me, over 1,2,3 and 4 copies?
>
> If not, does anyone have any general advice?
>
> Toshiba L750D-14F (AMD A6-3400, 6GB Ram)
> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.215-7397.aspx
>
> ASUS K53SC-SX307V (Intel Core i5-2430, 4GB RAM)
> http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.213-9815.aspx
>
> Byte Unix Benchmark v5.1.3
> http://code.google.com/p/byte-unixbench/
>
> For reference, Byte records the following speed indexes for my current
> machines (overall results):
> Copies/Threads
> 1 2 3
> 4
> TS7550 - ARM9 SBC 15.6
> Pentium 4 - 2.4GHz 447.3
> Intel Atom D525 (Server) 389.7 637.7 698.0 770.1
>
> Yes, that does mean that my server is quicker than my desktop on
> well-threaded
> tasks for about 1/3 of the power consumption (educated guess). The TS7550
> is
> an intentionally low-power system, so the low result is not surprising.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated,
>
> Tim B.
>
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