PCWorld: New Laptops From HP Feature AMD Processors
AMD gets a boost in its battle with arch-rival Intel as HP introduces three ProBook S-series and two ProBook B-series models that use AMD’s Phenom II, Turion II and Athlon II and V-series processors. The company says they’re significantly faster and with longer battery life than previous AMD chips.
“Hewlett-Packard introduced seven laptops with Advanced Micro Devices’ upcoming laptop chips on Wednesday, boosting efforts for the chip designer’s efforts to catch up with rival Intel.
The new AMD-based ProBook laptops are up to 69 percent faster and offer up to 72 percent more battery life than earlier laptops based on AMD processors, said Joanne Bugos, business notebook marketing manager at HP. These new chips include many architectural improvements that help AMD close the power and performance gap with Intel, Bugos said.”
