Re: You can configure a 2GHz Pentium 4 based Presario 1500T with the same equipment as the Athlon XP 1800+ based Presario 900, and for the same price, too
Not if you include a CD-RW combo drive, 15" screen, and 30gig hard drive.
At that point the P4, which is a slower machine, costs a little under $100 more.
And P4 seems to be having some trouble. The highest speed chip is now back down to 3 pages on pricewatch, and the reports of overclockers having the chips run for a few weeks to a few months, then start crashing unless downclocked, or just failing completely are a bit scary. It looks like the P4's are developing a high failure rate in the field, and Intel is backing away from supplying the most stressed parts.
The Athlons are relatively fragile on the outside, due to their exposed cores, but very strong, internally. AMD's process tolerates voltage and temperature variations over time without premature failure. P4's heat spreader cap protects the core, but internally they seem to be much more susceptible to electro-migration and other temp/voltage fatigue failures. |
