What hardware

[Digimer]

On 06/18/2012 04:11 PM, James Mcintosh wrote:
> What hardware does a laptop lent to me have?
> The owner says that it's a Pentium 3 with several gigabytes of RAM.

Pentium M is it's own class of CPU, it is not a P3.

> The hardware reports to me:
> Computer:
> Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz 587MHz 512 MB of RAM
> Does "Pentium M" mean "Pentium 3"?
> It reports two speeds:
> 1400MHz
> 587MHz
> Why?
> Is the 1400MHz for processor, and the 587MHz for RAM speed, or speed of
> floating point processor - or what?

To save power, the CPU throttles down when there isn't much work to do. 
It jumps up to full speed when it sees a big job. All modern processors 
do this.

> It seems to me that it has only 512 MB of RAM, rather than his stated
> "several gigabytes".
> Maybe his recollections are mistaken?

No idea, maybe you're mixing up hard drive and RAM?

> I apologize for asking such a beginner's question.
> James E. McIntosh
> JamesEMcIntosh-Iimme/3Z544AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org <mailto:JamesEMcIntosh-Iimme/3Z544AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>


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