Here is the best way to compare, and most customer like the way to compare this laptop with apple to apple method, and today’s for AMD and Intel laptop about the battery life, not about the pricing.

Comparing the different product with any differences specification was not so easy, in the meantime, we thought you might be particularly interested in the battery life you can expect.

Here is the specification of both. Both come with 4GB DDR2 memory, a 15.6″ 1366×768 LED backlit LCD, 320GB 5400 RPM hard drive, and a DVDRW. Both also include Gigabit Ethernet and 802.11n WiFi (Intel WiFi Link 5100 for the NV58 and Atheros AR928X for the NV52). On the AMD side, we have the QL-64 (65nm, 2.1GHz, 2x512K L2, 3600MHz HyperTransport bus), and on the Intel laptop we have the T6500 (45nm, 2.1GHz, 2MB shared L2, 800MHz FSB). We should also mention that the NV58 costs more than the NV52, $500 for the NV52 and $580 for the NV58. What does the extra $80 buy you?

And the result is. Intel is quite a bit faster in all of the CPU benchmarks. On the other hand, the AMD platform comes with much better integrated graphics. Now let’s look at battery life.

Considering these systems are as close as we can get to “identical”, AMD takes a real pounding in battery life testing. The closest result (the idle test) has the Intel platform providing 20% more battery life, while the best Intel results (DVD playback and heavy web surfing) give about 35% more battery life. Averaging all five results, the Intel-based NV58 delivered 28% more battery life than the AMD-based NV52.

So, for now, if you’re looking for an inexpensive laptop (not a netbook), you need reasonable battery life. the choice is on yours.

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