# computer guys... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 21, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453 "2005-08-21T11:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@venom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/venom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/1 "2005-08-21T11:22:57Z")
im looking at laptops right now, and this is what i dont get… dell-pentium m 730, 1.6 gig gateway-pentium 4 538 3.2 gig all the other stuff is the same (1024mb ram, 40 gig HD) whats the difference between these processors? anything else i should be getting? :eek3: ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/2 "2005-08-21T14:27:04Z")
Pentium M has wireless built in. ill find out the other specs. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/3 "2005-08-21T14:30:12Z")
[http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm](http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm) ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/4 "2005-08-21T18:46:37Z")
go get a dell end discussion ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/5 "2005-08-21T19:45:44Z")
dell + centrino prc = win thats what i am rocking right now and its awesome… i have a latitude D610 ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/6 "2005-08-21T20:08:52Z")
> [@bobby311](#): > > go get a dell > > end discussion Never had a Dell I wasn’t disappointed with. Although mine were desktops. Get a Gateway. Better warranty, and the screws don’t fall out of the bottom of it (unlike my girlfriend’s Inspiron and my friend’s Latitude). ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/7 "2005-08-21T21:38:18Z")
this is what i just got. Very pleased > **[Consumer Electronics | Sony US](https://www.sony.com/all-electronics)** > > Learn about the latest consumer electronics Sony has to offer, discover features of our products and find the ones which would suit your needs. ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/8 "2005-08-22T04:11:01Z")
The Pentium M is made for laptops. Smaller, but designed to run like a regular processor (so even though it’s only 1.6Ghz, it’s comparable in speed to a desktop computer with, say a 2.8 GHz). Get a Dell, go with the Latitude series, We have a Latitude D510 I think. Also, here’s a hint. Sometimes the small-business division has better pricing on the laptops. You CAN order from the small-business division, just pretend that you have a sole-proprietorship. Give them your SSN as the Fed ID #, and they will run your credit and give you a “revolving Net 30” account (at an outrageous interest rate…) and you can pay anything you want per month, over the minimum of course ($30 is our minimum, and we got a $1,300 laptop). Make it (your name here) Enterprises as your “company name”. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/9 "2005-08-22T05:33:17Z")
i’m rocking a pentium M 1.8 mpc \> ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/10 "2005-08-22T05:53:39Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > Pentium M has wireless built in. is this true? I have a compaq n800v 2ghz, 512mb ram, dvd/cdrw, wireless. HP and Compaq have been good to me over the years as far as laptops are concerned. My little sister had a dell that ran great for the 4 years she had it while in school. Just get something with a decent warranty and you really can’t go wrong. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/11 "2005-08-22T05:54:40Z")
it is not true that M has wireless b uilt in i’m working on a machine without wireless… however it has a board socketed installation… so it doesn’t take up a slot. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/12 "2005-08-22T05:56:13Z")
> [@fshowcars](#): > > it is not true that M has wireless b uilt in I didn’t think so ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/13 "2005-08-22T05:58:11Z")
the ‘mobile’ part of the system is more so for power conservation. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/14 "2005-08-22T06:00:12Z")
:doh: learn something everyday i suppose ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/15 "2005-08-22T06:00:47Z")
I’ve used Dell’s from back in the P2/P3 days as well as EM64T. All great desktops, and their support has been pretty darn good here at work. Personally, I have a Dell Latitude C610 (P3, something like 2 generations ago) and it’s been a great little laptop. No complaints with Dell products in general. No experience with anything Gateway… ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/computer-guys/176453/16 "2005-08-22T07:16:08Z")
i still rock out a Dell Latitude P2 366mHz and its awesome