[PD] [half OT] laptop processors for rt sound (32/64)

[julien.breval at tremplin-utc.net]

Hi Sven,

Selon sven <ml.sven at subscience.de>:

> I have a centrino and in comparison to desktop p4's it's much faster at the
> 
> same clockspeed.
> It's said that a 1.7GHz Pentium M (dothan) is faster than a 3.0GHz P4.
> 
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it's ok because I currently have a 3-year old 2.4 GHz P4 desktop and no cpu 
problem :)

> i've never noticed any denormal problems.

cool

> the only processors which are a little faster than the PM2.0Ghz are the P4 
> 3.8Gz
> and the the Athlon 4000+. This small advantage of additional speed is 
> outweighted
> by the fact that these cpu are electricity-hungry 100watts monsters.

moreover, it looks like 64 bit is not always the best choice today, and the 
mobile version of the P4 doesn't look good for audio processing (see the 
discussions about the denormal problem in the pd mailing list, for example)

> semprons suck as much as celerons.

ok, so I was wrong and the AMD equivalent to the pentium M is the Turion, but 
it's a 64 bit processor, and it looks wiser to setup a 32 bit system currently, 
especially because I will use it with both linux and windows for audio.

> The advantages of the Pentium M's relating wattage and thus battery running 
> time and noise
> are huge. it's so pleasant working on a silent computer, ahhhh... i love
> it.
> everytime i have to work on a normal-loud desktop/laptop i'm wondering how 
> i could stand that noise
> over the years.

well, I have a shuttle desktop and it's ok :) but a M/Turion laptop is better 
for this of course


thanks for your information,
-j