Hi Sven,
Selon sven ml.sven@subscience.de:
I have a centrino and in comparison to desktop p4's it's much faster at the
same clockspeed. It's said that a 1.7GHz Pentium M (dothan) is faster than a 3.0GHz P4.
http://www.tecchannel.de/imgserver/bdb/341800/341851/C2E2D1F2D6C75DD830F7D60... 78452_1000x700.jpg
it's ok because I currently have a 3-year old 2.4 GHz P4 desktop and no cpu problem :)
i've never noticed any denormal problems.
cool
the only processors which are a little faster than the PM2.0Ghz are the P4 3.8Gz and the the Athlon 4000+. This small advantage of additional speed is outweighted by the fact that these cpu are electricity-hungry 100watts monsters.
moreover, it looks like 64 bit is not always the best choice today, and the mobile version of the P4 doesn't look good for audio processing (see the discussions about the denormal problem in the pd mailing list, for example)
semprons suck as much as celerons.
ok, so I was wrong and the AMD equivalent to the pentium M is the Turion, but it's a 64 bit processor, and it looks wiser to setup a 32 bit system currently, especially because I will use it with both linux and windows for audio.
The advantages of the Pentium M's relating wattage and thus battery running time and noise are huge. it's so pleasant working on a silent computer, ahhhh... i love it. everytime i have to work on a normal-loud desktop/laptop i'm wondering how i could stand that noise over the years.
well, I have a shuttle desktop and it's ok :) but a M/Turion laptop is better for this of course
thanks for your information, -j