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Old 04-12-2006, 01:02 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
If you care about battery life at all... even just a little... go Centrino. Even just having a pentium M will suck more battery that having a full Centrino system, but it will still be better than a P4. Only get a P4 if its going to be plugged in 99% of the time.
Centrino IS with Pentium M. Centrino is the marketing term for Pentium M, Intel chipset and Intel WiFi.

The key factor in power consumption is processor (Pentium M family is currently tops in consumer level devices), followed by screen (size and brightness level you set it on) and hard drive speed.
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