Compaq V2403NR vs V2000Z Celeron M vs Sempron

[Thade]

Compaq V2403NR vs V2000Z Celeron M vs Sempron

I just started hunting for a new notebook and starting with compaq, I found a couple in the low budget category. Aside from the extras that can be tweaked by buying direct from HP, the biggest difference between these 2 is the CPU: Celeron M vs Sempron. Which is the best performer/battery life? Any other recommendations for a cheap, decent performer with widescreen?

Also, is BrightView a big deal? Free option from HP.

Compaq Presario Notebook V2403NR:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Compaq V2000Z series

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...e=08-5155374-2

TIA

Jeff

[freedon]

The link to ebay doesn't work.

IMO I wouldn't buy a laptop in ebay. As it's such a mobile device, it can easily get damaged. You can't really be sure how the vendor treated the laptop. Other than that, I would go with the cheapest one

[nails]

if the celeron m is not alot more expensive, or the same price witth similar features, id get the celeron asits a lot nicer than its desktop versionm, the differences are just 1mb cache and a 400 fsb, not 1/8 of the cache that kills the desktop ones.

[Thade]

I went with this Toshiba. It was on sale a while back at BB for 579 but I missed out...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

[kpxgq]

the problem with the celeron m is that it doesnt have intel's speedsetp.. which KILLS battery life

[Johnmcl7]

if the celeron m is not alot more expensive, or the same price witth similar features, id get the celeron asits a lot nicer than its desktop versionm, the differences are just 1mb cache and a 400 fsb, not 1/8 of the cache that kills the desktop ones.

As kpxgq has said, Celeron-m's lose enhanced speedstep, you're right that the performance is fine but the lose of speedstep is a big issue as this is one of the main reasons the Pentium's are so power efficient.

John

[nails]

semprons dont have cool & quiet...

[Johnmcl7]

As far as I'm aware, Cool'n'quiet (or a power saving system) is working on socket 754 semprons:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?i=2139

"On a positive note, AMD has confirmed our suspicion that the NX bit and Cool'n'Quiet features of Athlon 64 will be available in K8 versions of the Sempron (3100+ and higher). The only A64 feature disabled in Sempron is x86-64."

Bear in mind the socket 754 semprons in the notebook market go lower than 3100.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool'n'Quiet

John

[slavik]

didn't the semprons get 64bit mode in like june of last year?

amd's site for semprons for "small and slim" (paraphrased) notebooks show the sempron having 64bit capability