>> Now all I need to do is stare at 20,000 benchmarks and slowly go mad...
> 
> 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] devnull> 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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