<p>Hi I know more stuff about desktops than laptops. So I was wondering if anyone could really help me. My brother just bought a build-to-order notebook. He payed $818 for this.</p>
<p>Compaq Presario R4000 series
AMD 64 3200+ (DTR)
15.4 BrightView Widescreen WXGA
512mb Ram (2 x 256)
40 GB HDD 4200 rpm
128mb shared ATI X200 graphics card w/Hypermemory
12 cell LIthium Ion Battery
DVD/CDRW Combo Drive
54 802.11b/g WLAN w/ 125 HSM/SpeedBooster
HP Deskjet 3847 printer</p>
<p>How does an AMD 64 3200 DTR compare to a AMD Turion processor? What does the AMD Turion have? Longer battery? I don't know much about it. Should I have upgraded to the amd 64 3500 processor?</p>
<p>Your first mistake was getting an AMD. But, yes, the Turion has a longer battery life and is a faster processor (I think it runs at about 1.6 gHz).</p>
<p>But what do I know, I have a Centrino.</p>
<p>After looking at the AMD page, I really don't think there's that much of a difference between the mobile 64/64 for notebooks and the Turion, other than the Turion might be a little smaller. Both of our compaq notebooks have Semprons, and we have no complaints. Well, other than our R4115 is an odd size and is kinda hard to find a case for, but that's not a really big deal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html</a></p>