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To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (83350)	6/23/2002 9:22:33 PM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

PCWorld.com will be back soon. We're working to resolve our technical difficulties, and will have our pages back up just as soon as we can. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience and understanding. Your link is broken.

To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (83350)	6/23/2002 9:24:31 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

You mean this review? The two Dell units performed almost identically on our PC WorldBench 4 tests, earning scores within 3 points of each other, though the Pentium III-M-based Inspiron 8100 had the edge with a score of 101 versus the 8200's 98. While this difference is small, we saw the same pattern repeated on our tests with Photoshop 6.0.1 and AutoCAD: The PIII-M-based 8100 consistently (albeit narrowly) beat its P4-M-based sibling. It's a bit disappointing that the P4-M-based system, running 500 MHz faster, merely kept pace with the PIII-M-based unit LOL!!! Keep in mind that if they'd been testing the notebooks as notebooks, instead of plugged in, the P4 would have been running 1/3 slower. They do their performance tests with the units plugged into the wall, with their little fans running full blast. Try running tests with an Intel based notebook that's been started up from battery - PIII or P4. Then compare it to a PowerNow AMD system. A real issue is that the Athlon based notebooks currently shipping have low performance video cards. If what you use your notebook for is playing first person shooter games, then your best bet is to get a PIII or P4 notebook and a really long extension cord or keep a diesel generator running in your backpack.

To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (83350)	6/24/2002 1:16:58 AM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 275872

Monica, good find. It looks like being stuck on SDRAM continues to hurt Athlon performance in mobile. Ironic that one of the most hyped memory interfaces on this thread is now a non-event, since AMD doesn't have it. It's surprising that all three laptops received close scores on the battery life test. I wonder what the size of the respective batteries were. wbmw

To: Monica Detwiler who wrote (83350)	6/24/2002 1:36:51 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 275872

Now that the link is up, it's a WORTHLESS benchmark test as they do NOT claim they tested all the systems unplugged on the benchmarks. HOW WE TEST: All systems were tested with PC WorldBench 4, PC World's applications-based benchmark. In the MusicMatch encoding test, we time the conversion of a raw 14.3MB .wav file into an .mp3 file using MusicMatch Jukebox 7. In the Photoshop 6.0.1 lighting effects test, we time the running of a macro that applies a series of lighting effects to a 1.6MB image file; in the multiple filters test, we time the running of a macro which applies a series of other filters to the same image file. In the AutoCAD test, we time AutoDesk Group International's AUGI Gauge benchmark, which runs CAD tests. Working with Windows Media Encoder 7.1 (which uses Windows Media 8 format), we time the conversion of an 8.9MB .mp3 audio file to .wma format; in a separate test, we time the conversion of an 11.2MB .avi video file to .wmv format. For the battery life test, we drain and fully recharge the battery twice and set power-saving options to match consistent high-performance and default profiles where possible. Office workers use Windows 9x applications, periodically saving and allowing regular idle time. Notebooks are rotated among workers. We report the time elapsed when the notebook shuts itself off. For PC WorldBench 4 and the battery life test, higher scores are better; elsewhere, lower is better. All rights reserved. 1An additional 32MB is used for graphics. When will these Magazines start doing ALL tests under battery, which has more meaning as the majority of users are UNPLUGGED. M.