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- HP Pavilion dv5-1250us Entertainment - Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 2.1 GHz - 15.4" TFT
- HP Pavilion dv5-1250us Entertainment - Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80 2.1 GHz - 15.4" TFTPoorly designed keyboard!The laptop works fine, but the keyboard is terrible. Someone decided to label the shiny gold keys in black, instead of white, so they are illegible in most scenarios, whether low or high light. Except...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- AMD officially unveils next-generation "Puma" notebook platform
- With notebook sales being strong, AMD is hoping that its third-generation "Puma" platform will position the company to take advantage of this growing market. So what is at the core of a Puma system? Here's a quick run down of the technologies involved: Turion...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Intel and AMD finalizing new notebook technology
- Within the next couple of months, both Intel and AMD will be releasing new notebook platforms. Here's what we know so far. Details of Intel's new platform, called Montevina and due in June, have been slowly leaking out for months. But Daily Tech has filled in a...
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Toshiba Satellite A215 (Turion 64 X2 1.8GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Vista Home Premium)
- Toshiba's latest mainstream laptop occupies the sweet spot between price and features, packing in a generous 250GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM for $999. The 15.4-inch Toshiba Satellite A215 also includes a Labelflash DVD burner that can burn text and images on your optical media, but it skips the...
- Product reviews 2007-08-16
- Acer Aspire 9300-5005 (Turion 64 X2 Mobile 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD)
- Getting a laptop's price down to $999 seems to be the magic number for many shoppers, and the Acer Aspire 9300-5005 is one of the few 17-inch desktop replacements to slide in under that wire. This $999 laptop serves up plenty of extras you wouldn't expect in a budget system,...
- Product reviews 2007-03-28
- AMD-based Dell notebooks - interested?
- AMD or Intel? Which processor people choose is usually comes down to price and personal choice. Dell hasnt entirely rushed to embrace AMD, but now it has announced two AMD-based notebook lines - ready for the holiday. These notebooks offer power and performance at a reasonable price.Two...
- Blog posts 2006-11-07
- Dell notebooks to feature AMD's Turions and Semprons?
- Dell notebooks to feature AMD's Turions and Semprons?Have you tried a Turion other than the Acer Ferrari?I own an HP nx6125 which contains a Turion processor, and I have never encountered any heat problems. The fan starts quietly when I tax the processor for a couple of minutes, like...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-02
- Dell notebooks to feature AMD's Turions and Semprons?
- Andrew Gruen over at CNET Reviews blogged: Though Dell already broke up with Intel in the server market this May, Digitimes reports that the company is about to do the same for its notebooks. According to anonymous "sources at Taiwan-based notebook makers," Dell is set...
- Blog posts 2006-08-02
- HP Pavilion dv5000z Turion 64 (2.2GHz)
- The HP Pavilion dv5000z is virtually identical to the Pavilion dv4000 with one major exception: where the dv4000 can be configured with Intel's Celeron or Pentium processors, the dv5000z features an AMD processor--either the Pentium-equivalent Turion or the less expensive, Celeron-equivalent Sempron. With the Pavilion dv5000z, HP delivers a well-designed...
- Product reviews 2006-03-02
- Intel makes performance claims, AMD rebuffs them
- Intel makes performance claims, AMD rebuffs themMy dog is better than your dog...Pfffttt... Both sides can keep the claims about their vaporware. SHOW ME THE CHIPS!!!Bottom Line...For what most people do (word processing, email and internet), AMD and Intel processors are more than adequate. Intel is the...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
- Intel releases pricing and specs on new chips
- Intel releases pricing and specs on new chipsPretty steepfor a new Mac powerbook . . .Confused...Exactly what is the difference between the $209 T1300 1.66 GHz single-core Yonah chip and the $278 T1300 1.6 GHz Centrino chip? Why are they both labeled T1300?Paying $600 for the 32 bit Yonah is...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-05
- AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarks
- AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarksAMD Rocks!Clearly, this is a company who saw an opportunity, took it and is profiting from innovation and excellent engineering.focus on tech, not marketing, yields good resultsI have been using AMD as my preferred CPU in home systems for years now,...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-02
- Response to some readers' questions about my Ferrari testbed
- Some of ZDNet's readers are asking questions about my first impressions of the AMD Turion 64-based Acer Ferrrari 4005 that I'll be using to test the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista. Here's some Q&A so far:What's the battery life like compared to the IBM T40? I haven't...
- Blog posts 2005-09-02
- AMD's Turion is for thin and light? Yeah right!
- AMD's Turion is for thin and light? Yeah right!Jeez, I think you should do more research!!Fujitsu sells the Turion MT based Lifebook S2110. At 4lb it is most definately a Thin & Light.Averatec is supposed to release one(4100), but it seems that it has been delayed(their website states that it...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-17
- AMD's Turion is for thin and light? Yeah right!
- One sidebar to my last blog -- a discussion of Vista testing as well as a walk down memory lane -- was that when I decided to get an AMD 64-bit Turion-based notebook, my assumption was that I'd be able to find something in the 4-5 pound range. After...
- Blog posts 2005-08-17
- AMD responds to ZDNet reader's inquiry
- AMD responds to ZDNet reader's inquiryChipset preferences"my fellow blogger George Ou says he has a preference for Broadcom-based devices".In the past, I've preferred Broadcom or Atheros because they offered 802.11g or 802.11 a/b/g when Intel did not. Currently, the Intel wireless chipset has caught up in this regard with...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-11
- AMD responds to ZDNet reader's inquiry
- In reponse to my ongoing coverage of AMD's Turion 64 processor (a 64-bit capable mobile chip for the "thin & light" notebook market), ZDNet reader Bradley Coleman wrote in to find out why notebook manufacturers were choosing to go with the more power hungry of AMD's Turions rather than...
- Blog posts 2005-07-11
- Could AMD's Turion be holding its own against Intel's Centrino?
- Could AMD's Turion be holding its own against Intel's Centrino?You have to look at actual selling priceI helped a friend buy a Dell Inspiron 6000 with a 1.6 GHz Pentium M, 512 MB Ram, ATI x300 w/128, 15.4" disply, and other things for $802. Dell offers some big fat...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-08
- Could AMD's Turion be holding its own against Intel's Centrino?
- The great thing about getting sucked into debates with vendors is that you end up with so much to write about as a result of doing a bit of digging around the Internet. So this next entry represents the intersection of two conversations. One conversation was with HP's...
- Blog posts 2005-07-08
- Images: HP, Acer take AMD in different directions
- HP targets the low-end while Acer rides its Ferrari in their new Turion 64-based laptops.
- Image galleries 2005-06-22
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