É um artigo muito interessante sobre os novos processadores AMD-M, baseados no Thoroughbred B, e que apesar de serem um pouco mais lentos que os Intel, batem violentamente nos preços dos processadores... Só para se ter uma noção, o Intel Pentium M a 1.5 custa US$ 506, e o Mobile AMD Athlon XP-M 1800+ (1.5 Ghz) custa US$ 112!!!!! Apesar de existir alguma diferença de performance, penso que não valem US$ 400!!!
A ver vamos se a Intel resolve começar também a descer os preços...
Como sempre, retirado das conclusões...
The Lifebook S2010 and the Lifebook S6120 are two interesting devices offered in the area of thin and light notebooks by Fujitsu PC Corporation USA (or the Europe-based Fujitsu-Siemens Computers GmbH). While US customers have a choice between an ultra-portable with a low-voltage Athlon XP-M-CPU from AMD or a product run on a Pentium M, European customers are (gently) forced to buy Intel's latest wonder weapon "Centrino." The European model of the Lifebook S6120 with 1.6 Ghz Pentium-M may well seem clearly (and measurably) faster, and will run up to a half hour longer on battery power.
There are three facts that speak in favor of buying the Lifebook S2010, which is only available in the US. First, it offers adequate performance for everyday business use; second, the battery life is not so short that it would interrupt the business day; and third - and this is probably the most important argument - the device provides the same functionality, including a WLAN function, at a shamelessly low price.
O artigo é Going Mobile à la AMD: Low-Voltage Athlon XP-M vs. Pentium-M (Banias) no Tom's Hardware.
