Intel® Pentium® M Processor

[pandamonkey]

Ok, could someone please explain the "Pentium M" Processor? Is this the same as P4 etc? How is the Pentium M Processor in a laptop related to audio and the like?
Best regards,
mIchAEl

 

[pandamonkey]

Can no one answer my question.....
mIchAEl

 

[SHINEBOXNJ]

Michael-

THe Pentium M processor is the Mobile Processor you would find in a lot of laptops. The front side bus is cut down which uses a lot less power making it more ideal for a mobile set up. I think the M processors are at 400Mhz FSB, but I could be wrong. I know the cpu speed is up around 2.6 ghz, possibly more now. I am sure you can get away with doing some audio on an M processor, but you wouldn't be able to get down and dirty. I dont think there is that much of a price difference between a regular P4 and M P4, once again I could be wrong.

Hope that helps.. a little.

-Mark

 

[pandamonkey]

The front side bus is cut down which uses a lot less power making it more ideal for a mobile set up. I think the M processors are at 400Mhz FSB, but I could be wrong.

The above quote means that it demands less on a battery?
What is the average FSB of a P4 and what aspects of my audio production work would suffer from the M processor reduction?
What would be a recomended FSB speed for audio on a laptop in relation to price and availability?

Best regards,
mIchAEl

 

[sserendipity]

Originally posted by mIchAElpEdErsEn:
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The front side bus is cut down which uses a lot less power making it more ideal for a mobile set up. I think the M processors are at 400Mhz FSB, but I could be wrong.

The above quote means that it demands less on a battery?

Yes, by reducing it's cpu horsepower when on battery power.

What is the average FSB of a P4 and what aspects of my audio production work would suffer from the M processor reduction?

All of it :>

What would be a recomended FSB speed for audio on a laptop in relation to price and availability?

The fastest you can afford, and is available. Sorry that I can't be more specific, but it's a real bottle neck on your system's speed.

 

[knightfly]

I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite P4 laptop, which has a 533 mHz FSB - most portables are still at 400 FSB, and desktop procs are up to 800 FSB without overclocking - this determines memory transfer speeds, so is very important for any and allplug-ins etc -

However, most laptops are further choked by 4500 rpm drives, mine is no exception. This will limit track count in multitrack software. There are aftermarket drives, by Hitachi I think, that are 7200 rpm for laptops. Ive not looked into them yet, but that should speed things up some.

Hope that helped... Steve