Intel T4400 ???

[punkypossum]

Hi to all the computer experts out there,

I'm looking at getting a basic laptop for around the £400 mark - the one I'm looking at has an Intel Pentium processor T4400 (2.2 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, FSB 800 MHz). I've never heard of a T4400 in my life - is it any good?

Any advice appreciated!!!

 

[Bman]

T4400 seems to me a mobile variant of the Duo CPU

It doesnt seem that bad, but its definately "basic" for a "Duo"

Better than any Celeron processor by a long shot!

 

[fossyant]

It's an Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400 Mobile 2.20GHz 800MHz - OK, two cores, not mega fast but fine for a laptop.

What memory are you getting and which operating system...more memory the better.

 

[punkypossum]

Thanks guys, it doesn't sound too bad then, only want it for basic pootling around on the internet plus the usual wordprocessing, photo storage etc - no online gaming or anything like that. As for memory, it comes with 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM1 and a 320 GB S-ATA hard drive. Runs on windows 7 and also has an Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD with digital HDMI audio/video output - whatever that might be ...

 

[twowheelsgood]

It's an Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400 Mobile 2.20GHz 800MHz - OK, two cores, not mega fast but fine for a laptop.

Actually as laptops go it doesn't get that much faster within a mobile power/thermal envelope. Much more important with a basic laptop is to look for a half-decent mobile graphics chipset. The reason for this is not really gaming, it's video acceleration; this makes a huge difference and will increasingly so. I'd look for the geforce 9400M or similar, adobe are adding support in their flash player and I guess everyone has seen what HD youtube can do to even a very fastest PC. I would avoid some of intels chipsets as the graphics are based on a half-decade old core.

I used to build and upgrade PCs nearly every other month back in the 1HGz Athlon days because each speed bump meant something. I've been using the same dual core 2GHz for nearly 2 years now. It just isn't slow for what I do.

 

[Milo]

Yea I would avoid an intel graphic chip like scurvy to be honest. I had one on my old laptop and it struggled with simple dvd playback and non HD I player. My lappy has an ati radeon 3200 which is suprisingly zippy for an IGP. Can even play a few older games with it.