Is Celeron a bad choice for a notebook processor?

On the other hand, if a Pentium of comparable speed is available for a
difference of $100, I'd go for it. Just remenber the standard Pentium
4 (not 'M' or Mobile or Centrino) will run batteries down faster. My
new I8500 has a 2.2GHz Pentium 4M and I noticed that it was running as
low as 285MHz during idle (due to Speedstep)... that's gonna save some
battery time.

How did you see that it was running at 285MHz? I have a 2.2 GHz
Compaq/HP Evo N800c. I'd like to see what it runs at when idle.

Thanks,
John

How did you see that it was running at 285MHz? I have a 2.2 GHz
Compaq/HP Evo N800c. I'd like to see what it runs at when idle.

Thanks,
John

I never knew I could do this.. but when I went and clicked on "Control
Panel / System" it was there on the main panel. Always thought this
is what the top rated speed of the processor was, not a variable
thing. (I-8500)

Now typically, it says 2.19GHz, but a couple of times I saw it say
285MHz.. I used to have a P3-600 with Speedstep that would crank down
to 500 but never noticed this there (I-3800)

Pat