I have been searching for a good laptop for fpga design. My research (??) indicates that AMD Athlon 64 chips perform faster than P4 chips on average. Of course it depends on which P4, and which AMD, but for the same cost it seems that AMD wins.
Can anyone tell me if this is correct?
Based on this assumption, I have only found 2 Brand Name AMD based laptops. The HP - Compaq design based - R3000Z series, and the Acer Ferrari. There are also some sites that do custom laptops, but I don't really like that idea at all. I am also looking for a light to medium weight laptop, nothing heavy like some of the big Toshibas.
Any advice or experience in this area would be welcome,
Thank you, nachum