Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> Bruno Cabasson nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 13-03-2007 08:50:
> > Hello all!
>
> > I had the luck to have an extra income, and I am wondering about acquiring a
> > new machine, probably a laptop. Looking about current offers, I got lost.
> > Which OS, which processor? Vista frightens me a little but the machine will
> > also have a family usage and versions of POV are first released on Windows.
> > However I feel attracted by MAC OS, and Linux corresponds better to my
> > personnal ideas.
>
> > I do not want to restart a polemics about OSes and processors. But I'd like
> > to have non commercial info about the marketplace today and about
> > performance of POV on the last generation of processors. Did somebody try
> > (eg benchmark.pov?) a Core2Duo T7xxx or T5xxx? What about AMD today?
>
> >     Bruno
>
>
> Do you REALY need a laptop? For a given price tag, a desktop will give you beter
> performances. You also can upgrade it easier and cheaper.
> For the CPU, the core2duo is currently the top dog.
> I can't say anything about the OS.
>
> --
> Alain
> -------------------------------------------------
>    I knew a girl so ugly, they use her in prisons to cure sex Offenders.
>     Rodney Dangerfield

I already have a desktop (ACER T130 with Athlon 3000+ and 1GB) and upgrading
it today would be worthless in my opinion. I often move from one place to
another, I go on holidays from time to time, so a laptop is the best
solution.

Reading the press and forums, I seems indeed that Core2Duo is THE processor
of the time. Does someone have an idea of the performances? AFAIK, my Atlon
3000+ renders benchmark.pov in about 34 min at 512*384, and the basic scene
of the insert menu renders at the rate of 240400 PPS at 800*600. Are the 2
MB extra L2 cache of T7xxx series worth the extra money towards the T5xxx
series?

However, I still wonder if I should buy a high-end machine now so that it is
still OK within 2 years, or should I buy a middle/low end machine (yet far
better than my Athlon 3000), and wait until quad procs are on the market
and working fine (idem with OSes).

So I need to have some opinions to make up my mind, and yours is the best,
my friends!

    Bruno

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