[MrSmiley]

Why are these things so dang expensive, I'm looking at a laptop with a 3.4EE in it for $1899.99 on advertisement, and a 1.8ghz Centrino for $2999.99 on sale (pretty much the same specs) Explain whyyy? And could we use these, apparently godly, CPU's for PC's?

 

[zother]

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Originally Posted by MrSmiley Why are these things so dang expensive, I'm looking at a laptop with a 3.4EE in it for $1899.99 on advertisement, and a 1.8ghz Centrino for $2999.99 on sale (pretty much the same specs) Explain whyyy? And could we use these, apparently godly, CPU's for PC's?

Simple its called capitalism. The centrino market is white hot now and there are shortages, particulary chipsets. So they charge as much as they want.

 

[MrSmiley]

hmmm nothing else, I know there is a lower voltage need on them so laptops live longer... but anything else?

 

[zother]

Cost wise the chip is over $500 cheaper the a 3.4 EE. The chipset is quite a but more expensive and their are features built into it that are nicer then Pen 4's. The Centrinos are usaully quite a but smaller so they do have parts that are slightly higher speced, but most of the extra price is marketing and market demand.

 

[blob]

I'm sure if you search google, some enthusiast has got some benchmarks of em...

 

[aznchowboy650]

centino pentium m can last up to 100C so temps aren't a problem to be worried about while as the p4 have temp problems and laptops have bad cooling so yea i don't think that laptop that is 3k is worth it