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« Reply #45 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 08:53:56 »

I've owned both AMD and Intel and prefer Intel. Realistically with the processors avaliable for £400 there's not going to be a vast gulf of difference, but I think Intel is optimised better for windows.

I have no evidence to support that.

For that kind of money you're looking at high-end i3, you might even find an i5. If you get confused about the variants of i3/i5 processor (i.e. is an i3-300 better than an i3-3120) then a website like notebookcheck.com will be your friend.
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« Reply #46 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 10:26:49 »

Just bear in mind an Intel mobile chip will be outperformed by even the cheapest desktop chip in most cases.
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« Reply #47 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 11:19:47 »

[quote  then a website like notebookcheck.com will be your friend.
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cheers for that i's very helpful.  By the way how is the book coming along?? 
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« Reply #48 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 11:25:14 »

Just bear in mind an Intel mobile chip will be outperformed by even the cheapest desktop chip in most cases.
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« Reply #49 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 15:30:13 »

Just bear in mind an Intel mobile chip will be outperformed by even the cheapest desktop chip in most cases.

In a laptop a mobile chip will last much longer and run cooler and won't drain the battery as fast. Pros and cons.
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« Reply #50 on: Sunday, February 23, 2014, 17:47:54 »

In a laptop a mobile chip will last much longer and run cooler and won't drain the battery as fast. Pros and cons.

Yeah maybe that didn't come across too well. But what I meant was the question isn't as simple as AMD vs Intel and i3 Vs i5 vs i7 etc etc. Particularly as most of the benchmarks and hype tends to be focussed on the desktop processors.

General rule of thumb is intel is bestest.
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