I'm trying to find some sort of comparison between these two procs. I am looking to get a laptop and am looking at the CL-56 with the 1.8 centrino or the Asus Z80K and putting a Athlon64-M 3000+ in it. Both will have same video card, same amount of RAM, and pretty everything else equal.

Basically, the specs between the two computers are identical with the exception of the processor and I believe the memory in the CL-56 is PC2100 (it's hard to determine from mWave's site...they show the specs as PC2100 and PC2700) and the Z80K is PC2700. The price between the two units is maybe $100.

I'll be doing gaming (Battlefield for sure and anything else I might be interested in...new and old) and well as tinkering around with Adobe Premier and Adobe Encore. With that in mind, would it be worth me going with the Athlon64-M and sacrificing the battery duration or would the Centrino 1.8 be good for high-end stuff?

Thanks,
T-man