High end i5 or low-end i7

[cbrunnem]

Ivy Bridge will blow you away compared to a Core 2 Duo. I'd ballpark maybe a 35% improvement from the Core 2 Duo architecture assuming equal clock speed and core count. That said, you don't have the benefit of turbo boost on the Core 2, so there's a reasonable chance your laptop could be running at a higher frequency than your desktop (at least in bursts, if not all the time).

EDIT: The 3.0 GHz clock of the E8400 sits right around the middle of Sandy Bridge's turbo range so it's likely you'll see clock speeds in that area for many CPU intensive tasks.

The speed.gain is well over 35%. The gain from ivy bridge is supposed to be 5-10% over sandy bridge and sandy bridge had a huge advantage over The first gens which the first gens had a big advantage over none core i series

 

[Dickstar]

The speed.gain is well over 35%. The gain from ivy bridge is supposed to be 5-10% over sandy bridge and sandy bridge had a huge advantage over The first gens which the first gens had a big advantage over none core i series

That sounds like something that makes me very very happy.

 

[cbrunnem]

That sounds like something that makes me very very happy.

that was written badly lol cause i was on my phone. let me rewrite it.

the speed gain from a core 2 duo will be much higher then 35%. in gaming it might be 35% better but in things like encoding and rendering it is 2-3 times faster. plus they overclock much better.

the difference is huge but remember you wont see the gain in every game or in everything you do.

 

[Dickstar]

Haha I see. Sweet. All I have to wait for now is HP to announce an Ivy Bridge model.

The review of the current model is really good by the way:
http/www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-EliteBook-2560p-LG666EA-Subnotebook.59572.0.html

 

[chudddds]

make sure you update, its essential !!!!

 

[Dickstar]

make sure you update, its essential !!!!

What do you mean?

 

[pacioli]

What do you mean?

Someone is off their medicine...