Alpha 21264A 667 MHz processor

Advantages: The first portable super computer
Disadvantages: no more expansion bays

...Now - you must be wondering why you should buy a laptop for more than 2000 pounds with a chip speed of 667Mhz. Well - the answer is in the "G4" bit of the name. The Motorola G4 processor is the first processor to achieve preformance of more than 1 gigaflop sustained (1 billion floating point operations per second) - so it is technically a supercomputer. There are two flavours - 550Mhz and 667Mhz. Apart from the usual increase in RAM and HD, the 667 has a 133Mhz main bus as compared to 100 on the low end. As for shared specs, they really are quite juicy, sporting radeon graphics, DVD/CDRW slot-loading combo drives and a wonderful 15" widescreen display that is wonderful for DVD movies. It also has a good array of ports, with modem, 10/100/1000 (yes - gigabit) ethernet, USB 1.1, Firewire, IRda, s-video out, VGA out (with support... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Really Fast
Disadvantages: Noisy

...Processor Is Fairly Fast, But Over Heating , Even With Original Intel Cooling Is A Regular Problem. It Don't Seem To Work Well With My MSI NEO2 Motherboard. The Huge Cooling Fan Makes A Lot Of Noise And Vibration. After Changing The Thermal Gel The Vibration Is Lot Less Now. But Every Time I Put Up A Huge Processing Task The Processor Fan Speeds Up And The Vibration Returns. My 533MHz DDR2 RAM Works Fairly Well With The Processor. The Motherboard Though Support 667MHz RAM As Well. I Have Tested Once With A 667MHz 512MB RAM And The Performance Boost Is Quite Insignificant. Have Put It Through A Mega Processing Task. I Put That Exact Task on A PIII 800MHz With Same Amount of RAM and The Required Time For The Later Was A Multiple of 6(almost). The Duel Core Really Works.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent manufacturer and customer service
Disadvantages: Not too good to work on for an upgrade

...HP has always been know for its build quality. This PC is one of there home user systems which is a great compact machine. The tower itself is not so big like many other manufacturers but the downside is when going to upgrade the machine, its not so good to work on as its quite compact inside. Nothing much realy goes wrong with this PC as all parts are made by reputable manufacturers. The motherboard inside can take a range of processors and with some up to 1.2mhz. Also depending on the motherboard again, the memory upgrades can range from 256mb to 768mb. I have never had any problems with the screen and has always stayed sharp with no glitches. This is an easily upgradable PC.... Read review

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