Laptop Ratings

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Specs as of 19:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Low End Processors

RAM : 512MB

HD : 30-80gb

Intel P4's

November 20, 2000 through August 8, 2008
desktop and laptop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_4

Intel Celeron & Celeron M (mobile)

Apr 1998 - June 19, 2011 
desktop and laptop 
targeted at budget personal computers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors

AMD Athelon 64

September 23, 2003 - ?
desktop and laptop 
competes with Intel's Pentium 4
native 64-bit,- backward-compatible with 32-bit x86
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors

AMD Sempron (low-end CPU)

desktop and laptop
July 28, 2004 - January 8, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sempron

Mid Range Processors

RAM : 1GB

HD : 60-80gb

Intel Pentium M

March 2003 - January 19, 2005
single-core x86 microprocessors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M

Core Solo

July 2006 = present
more powerful variants of the same processors marketed as entry-level Celeron and Pentium
Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5 and Intel Core i3, and the older 
Intel Core 2 Solo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, and Intel Core 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core 

AMD Turion 64

Mar 2005 - May 2010
64-bit low-power consumption (mobile) 
compete with Intel's mobile processors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Turion

High End Processors

RAM : 2+GB

HD : 80+gb

Dual Core or better

As-Is Processors

RAM : <512MB

HD : None

Pentium 3 or crappier