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thealmightyone · 06-10-2008, 10:33 PM

I'm looking to get a new laptop, and battery life is most important. (It will only be doing internet browsing and coding, no gaming).

I'm looking at the Dell Inspiron, which is £330 with a Celeron, or £400 with a C2D. Will a C2D T5550 (1.73GHz) use much more power than a Celeron 550 (2GHz) at, say, internet browsing?

I'm not sure if new powersaving techs (eg, speedstep) make up for the increase I assume there will be.

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thealmightyone Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: York, UK Age: 21 Posts: 1,000	Which processor for battery life? I'm looking to get a new laptop, and battery life is most important. (It will only be doing internet browsing and coding, no gaming). I'm looking at the Dell Inspiron, which is £330 with a Celeron, or £400 with a C2D. Will a C2D T5550 (1.73GHz) use much more power than a Celeron 550 (2GHz) at, say, internet browsing? I'm not sure if new powersaving techs (eg, speedstep) make up for the increase I assume there will be. __________________ E8200 @ 3.576GHz with GA-P35-DS3L 2900 Pro, flashed to XT, oc-ed to 850/1860. Crucial Ballistix Tracers PC2-8500 2GB Enermax Modular 620W Creative Audigy 4 2x Seagate Barracuda 250GB Jeantech Nitro case, XP Pro and 19" LCD