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    Turion MT vs. ML - Battery life differences?

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by XStylus, Jul 16, 2005.

  1. XStylus

    XStylus Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone had an opportunity to do a decent head to head comparison on a Turion MT series vs. a ML series?

    I'm contemplating the purchase of a Compaq V2000Z series and equipping it with a cheapo processor, and then buying an aftermarket MT-37 and dropping it in there (I'm a repair tech and I have all the tools and manuals to do this). However, I'm hoping that somewhere out there someone's got a decent comparison on whether it's actually worth it. What kind of battery life savings would I see?

    On the sales floor of my store we've also got a DV1000 series and a V2000Z series. I'll see about doing some battery life comparisons on them.
     
    XStylus, Jul 16, 2005
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  2. luxuguy

    luxuguy Notebook Guru

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    I don't know for sure ... this is all I know from AMD site ...
    MT has the power consumption of 25W, which equals to pentium M Dothan ( correct me if I'm wrong .... I think Sonoma is 27W ).
    ML uses 35W ... so the battery will probably favor MT.

    And here is my thinking:
    CPU uses only 20% of the whole system ( I don't know where I read this, but in this forum, for sure ... lol ... ) ... so the 40% power consumption less ( 25W compared w/ 35W) of 20% will account for 8% difference in the battery of the whole system ... lol ... I'm doing a little math here ... what do you think ????
     
    luxuguy, Jul 17, 2005
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