Specifications

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SuperPI and wPrime are programs that are

useful in testing the computational abilities of

processors, but wPrime is not as useful for

single core processors.

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SuperPI, which forces the processor to calculate the first 2M digits of PI, clocks in with a final time of 1m

57s. wPrime, which finds a ton of prime numbers, comes in with a total time of 148.344s. Neither score is

particularly impressive, but remember that the D430 is built for office tasks and portability, not extreme

number crunching (though you could do it if you were willing to give the processor time to finish).

Office/general-usage users will notice no performance problems.

From a little bit of research I’ve been doing, it appears that these two scores would indicate that the 1.2GHz

U1400 is about as powerful as a Pentium M processor running at 1.8GHz or a Pentium 4 running

somewhere in the 2.5-3.0GHz range. I do not know for sure what the equivalent AMD processors would be,

but I would estimate that an AMD Turion @ 1.8-2.0GHz range would probably perform about as well.

nother point about ultraportable notebooks is that they usually feature only 1.8" hard drives, most of which

perform at only 4200RPM speeds. The smaller size of the hard drive really helps keep the size of these

notebooks down, as well as keep a low weight. Several 5400RPM drives are now available in the 1.8" form

factor, but those will drain more battery life and generate more heat.

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