- Mar 15, 2003
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I've made the mistake of getting low cost AMD laptops a bit too often recently - I've been looking for a light weight, powerful enough (for office, web, file maker pro, photo management not editing) and got a thinkpad x100e and an hp, both based on the AMD Neo platform based on positive reviews.
I hate them both - the thinkpad would be the perfect laptop (11.6" form factor is perfect for every day carrying and the keyboard/track pad are exceptional) except the damn thing devours battery life and it gets so hot that it roasts my .. nevermind.. Nevermind the fact that programs crash constantly because just having too many tabs open in firefox pushes 100% cpu utilization. AWFUL! My old atom netbook felt snappier. The HP stays cooler but performance is mediocre as well and the battery life sucks as well.
I want to sell both and get one laptop that doesn't suck. The new line of AMD mobile processors are getting positive reviews and I always like to support the underdog (and spend less in the process), but will I be making the same mistake a third time? Should I just go with an Intel chip and be done with it?
I hate them both - the thinkpad would be the perfect laptop (11.6" form factor is perfect for every day carrying and the keyboard/track pad are exceptional) except the damn thing devours battery life and it gets so hot that it roasts my .. nevermind.. Nevermind the fact that programs crash constantly because just having too many tabs open in firefox pushes 100% cpu utilization. AWFUL! My old atom netbook felt snappier. The HP stays cooler but performance is mediocre as well and the battery life sucks as well.
I want to sell both and get one laptop that doesn't suck. The new line of AMD mobile processors are getting positive reviews and I always like to support the underdog (and spend less in the process), but will I be making the same mistake a third time? Should I just go with an Intel chip and be done with it?