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During what operations do most users notice a a 1.3ghz or 1.0ghz laptop is slower than a 1.8ghz laptop ?
Upgrading from very old equipment much slower than speeds 1.0ghz and higher , for spreadsheet calculations and cruising the internet does a 1.8ghz machine seem noticeably faster than a 1.3ghz or even a 1.0ghz machine ?
For instance if a spreadsheet calculation currently requires ten minutes on a Windows XP / 500mhz / 512kb ram / hard drive 15 GB , speed 5400 machine ,
approximately how many minutes would be the calculation on a Windows 7 machines with :
(1) 1.0ghz / 2 GB ram / hard drive 320 GB , speed 5400
(2) 1.8ghz / 4 GB ram / hard drive 320 GB , speed 7200
User reviews for laptops mention perceiving a noticeable difference between 1.8 and 1.3 , and wanting Intel i5 instead of AMD E-1800 , but would I notice any difference given my use of computing ?
Given the choice of a laptop with a 7200 or 5400 hard drive , I think back to the huge noticeable difference replacing the 5400 drive with a 7200 made on the 500 mhz machine described above.
Does a 7200 rpm hard drive still make as much difference in increasing a machine's performance compared to a 5400 rpm drive as in earlier years ?
Feeling like Rip Van Winkle ,
Bass301
Upgrading from very old equipment much slower than speeds 1.0ghz and higher , for spreadsheet calculations and cruising the internet does a 1.8ghz machine seem noticeably faster than a 1.3ghz or even a 1.0ghz machine ?
For instance if a spreadsheet calculation currently requires ten minutes on a Windows XP / 500mhz / 512kb ram / hard drive 15 GB , speed 5400 machine ,
approximately how many minutes would be the calculation on a Windows 7 machines with :
(1) 1.0ghz / 2 GB ram / hard drive 320 GB , speed 5400
(2) 1.8ghz / 4 GB ram / hard drive 320 GB , speed 7200
User reviews for laptops mention perceiving a noticeable difference between 1.8 and 1.3 , and wanting Intel i5 instead of AMD E-1800 , but would I notice any difference given my use of computing ?
Given the choice of a laptop with a 7200 or 5400 hard drive , I think back to the huge noticeable difference replacing the 5400 drive with a 7200 made on the 500 mhz machine described above.
Does a 7200 rpm hard drive still make as much difference in increasing a machine's performance compared to a 5400 rpm drive as in earlier years ?
Feeling like Rip Van Winkle ,
Bass301