I'm going to buy a laptop in the next week and I've been trying to decide between two things:
#1 - a desktop replacement (AMD Athlon 64 chip)
#2 - one that will have long battery life (AMD Turion chip)
Here is what I know about the two chips:
The Turion chip will be a little more expensive and I'll most likely have to sacrifice some performance, but the battery will last up to 7 hours. Also, I would be buying the machine from someone I know here in town and I will have to pay sales tax.
The Athlon chip will cost around $100.00 less, I will get superior speed from it at the cost of about 1-2 hours of battery life. I'll be buying the machine from
BUYXG.com, which means I will not have to pay tax on the machine (+ free shipping and a 5% discount). I've purchased from this company before and they are top notch IMO.
The Turion laptop will cost me about $1,437.75, while the Athlon will cost about $1,230.00 - Is the Turion worth it?