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>> Now all I need to do is stare at 20,000 benchmarks and slowly go mad...
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> Tcch where are the frequency ranges and the L3 cache sizes?
The main point of interest is which motherboard to get.
A board with dual-channel RAM costs about £65+, whereas for
triple-channel RAM it's £145+. Slight difference there. I also want to
know how many cores I'm getting. Other than that, processors come and
go; if you've got the right board, you can change CPU later. But get the
wrong board and you've got a problem...
In some respects, the i3/i5/i7 is a nice idea. But when the i7 is
available in two different socket configurations, suddenly you *do* have
to care whether it's Lynnfield, Bloomfield or Gulftown. (Although
frankly, if it's Gulftown, you can obviously afford to buy three
motherboards of each kind anyway because you have *far* more money than
sense!)
> I know the feeling though as DaBoss is throwing in the towel with
> Windows and PC's and wants to go down the dominatrix route with Apple.
You've got to admit, it *is* shiny.
I was almost tempted by a PowerMac with it's two quad-core Xeons. (Until
I saw the price, obviously.)
> So i7 or i5 processor, which ones are they using - doesn't say.
I would guess it's Core 2 rather than Core i7 or Core i5.
> Well how many cores does it have - doesn't say.
If it's a laptop, you can almost guarantee it's dual-core. Remember that
"mobile" CPUs are different to desktop ones; few quad-core mobile CPUs
currently exist, AFAIK.
> Okay something simple, he
> complains about the weight of his laptop so roughly how much does each
> 'size' weigh - doesn't say.
Now that I would have thought would be documented somewhere...
How heavy is "too much" though? ;-)
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And lo On Thu, 06 May 2010 16:36:28 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> did
spake thusly:
>> I know the feeling though as DaBoss is throwing in the towel with
>> Windows and PC's and wants to go down the dominatrix route with Apple.
>
> You've got to admit, it *is* shiny.
It is very shiny.
>> Okay something simple, he complains about the weight of his laptop so
>> roughly how much does each 'size' weigh - doesn't say.
>
> Now that I would have thought would be documented somewhere...
If it is it's not obviously placed.
> How heavy is "too much" though? ;-)
His laptop is heavy, then again it is a gaming rig because he wanted the
POWER and it is 3 years old.
It's just a 'my mate's got one and he likes it'; and 'it will handle
emails better' yes because it won't be using the crap-tastic Outlook 2007
with it's Word HTML engine that we had to install so as to get your mobile
contacts to sync with the crappy mobile software; and 'my mate just opened
it and it was ready to use' well yes yours can do that to you just close
the lid then open it again and tap in your password ya know like you do
every damn day; and 'it will work better with my iPhone' gosh will it an
Apple iPhone and an Apple iMac both with their strictly controlled
software ya might be right there I'd never have guessed that; and 'it will
talk to the internet and the printer and everything better' yes because
it's magic.
Sigh.
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Phil Cook
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