Hey, I've got a tech issue and need an opinion

[Kilroy003]

Should I buy a Pentium M 725 now or wait for the Sonoma?

I'm kinda hoping the price goes down on the Dothan by then.

[aePrime]

1. Screw Intel

Buy an AMD

[Gore1FL]

3. Did AMD fix their bus speed issue?

When I was looking last year, you could not get an AMD with a front side bus at 800 Mhz.

a 2.4 GHz machine with a 400Mhz FSB is much slower than a 2.4 GHz machine with a 800MHz FSB.

[DS1]

4. look at that marketing fly!

:hurts:

[Gore1FL]

6. huh?

I don't understand your comment.

[ET Awful]

7. The only time you would notice either as being slower is

if all you do is run benchmark software all day.

That's what he meant by his comment on marketing.

In actual real-world use, the greater efficiency of the AMD processor itself makes up for any perceived speed increase via the FSB.

Either way, what you're actually getting is a 200 mhz FSB (Intel uses a 4x multiplier, AMD a 2x).

[Kilroy003]

5. Yeah, I'm contemplating the AMD 64

But I'm not much of a gamer, desktop apps are more my thing.

[Gore1FL]

2. I don;t have an answer to the specific question

however, you can proabbly find a good deal here:

www.pricewatch.com

They link to various vendors. -- Of course, some vendors list cheap crap, but off a build your own system, where you can substitute decent components.

I bought one a little over a year ago from a vendor linked there -- www.pcusa.com