Which one should I buy?

[miro_refero]

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[jimytheassassin]

3.4Ghz 800Mhz FSB Pentium

question.. Isn't that proc single core? and am I wrong to think a 1.83 core duo would multitask better? I just thought that was odd but maybe you have a linky?

Now on another topic, what's up with the huge posts for such simple question.. You guys should just PM each other cause it hurts my eyes to see you go back and forth. Neither of you are wrong, from your own individual perspective. But I would like to point out One thing since I did read it all. Though KN doesn't explicitly say.. buy a Killer Notebook.. You do have a whopping big linked picture to your site. If that isn't advertisement, what is? peace

 

[killernotebooks]

Where you learn it has little effect on what you know, but knowledge comes at a price Jimmy.

It hurts my eyes to see you go back and forth.

don't read 'em then.

You always have 2 cents to add don't you James? I put that big freaking dagger out when I proclaim victory. Look at any post before that, before you... I mean Justin started talking smack and there isn't ONE, not even one logo or link while you have 3 so save it you trouble maker.

 

[XOTICPC]

As others have stated, if you have a problem with someone that doesnt pertain to the post use the PM system, that is what its there for.

Mark, you have no room to talk about adding in.....

 

[killernotebooks]

Hey Justin, Jimmy, whatever, how about since YOU actually started this, you take your own advice chief? You can quote yourself ANYWHERE that you actaully tried to answer this guys question for me.

 

[XOTICPC]

Find no need to quote the obvious..... You started with the comments about Sagers....Why dont you just let it rest or PM me if you want to discuss further.

 

[killernotebooks]

I ACCEPT YOUR SURRENDER.

 

[jimytheassassin]

Where you learn it has little effect on what you know, but knowledge comes at a price Jimmy.
It hurts my eyes to see you go back and forth.

don't read 'em then.

You always have 2 cents to add don't you James? I put that big freaking dagger out when I proclaim victory. Look at any post before that, before you... I mean Justin started talking smack and there isn't ONE, not even one logo or link while you have 3 so save it you trouble maker.Well that was uncalled for... but you still haven't answered my question.. how is the 3.4ghz p4 better at multitasking than a 1.83 core duo?

 

[killernotebooks]

How is a an F350 able to pull more than 2 Honda Civics?

 

[jimytheassassin]

Well obviously an F350 has a higher torque than even two honda civics... But two honda civics can go two different directions.. You can't do that in an f350

Isn't it better to have two honda civics for multitasking?
And can you just help me understand that in computer terms.. I'm not good at automechanics.. The best i've ever done is minor repairs like brake/rotors, plugs, muffler, and once i helped replace a clutch..

 

[killernotebooks]

Well, if you look at the overall system it has (like I posted earlier)
:arrow: 800 Mhz front side bus
:arrow: RAID0 hard drive set up with (2) 7,200 rpm drives
:arrow: 4 gigs of RAM
:arrow: Is 64 bit
:arrow: Has a 3.4 Ghz CPU
:arrow: It's an "Extremem Edition" CPU
:arrow: Has a dual lamp LCD
:arrow: The GPU is upgradable
:idea: The weak link is the video card, would be nice if it had the DELL's 512 MB Quadro card, but it is what it is.

Just because you have (2) 32 bit logical cores, doesn't mean you can overcome the simple facts that you are running
:arrow: 1 Gig of RAM
:arrow: A single 5,400 rpm hard drive

The original post was editied to include a new selection and drop the last notebook presented. The original last notebook was a Turion, now it is something different. I am not going to comment on that because we can keep changing the spec's forever to make everything written moot.

The 64 bit makes the 650 P4 the most futureproof of the bunch, the RAID0 and 4 gigs of RAM put it over the top of a T2400 core duo, if that is in fact what it is, he posts Centrino Duo and I am assuming that is what he means.

The T2xxx series was designed to take on the Turion notebook chip, I would say a T2400 can beat out maybe an ML-44 2.4 Ghz, maybe, it certainly can't take out another 1 Ghz on top of that... no way.

He states he uses it mostly for CAD and rendering. Anyone who has rendered huge files doesn't sit there "multi-tasking", you leave the thing, it churns away at it for hours, you certainly aren't going to risk crashing your project after 2 hours of rendering to post something on Tom's forum or check your email or run a virus scan.

A P4 650 can take on PLENTY of apps, I know, I had a 660 with 4 gigs of RAM in a take along CUBE system and it will smoke a T2400 if we're in the "real" world and not in the spirit world or something.

I guess at some point you just have to trust the person with the experience, or buy them both and see for yourself and show me I don't know what I am talking about.

 

[jimytheassassin]

Good answer, and I never said you didn't know what you're talking about, only that you should debate seperate issues unrelated to the original post over PM. I'm not here to erk you.. (though i seem to excell at it) =P I only posted because it seemed odd that a P4 would be better than a CoreDuo. All of intels own info will pretty much say CD is more efficient and far superior per ghz... even toms interactive cpu guide gives credit to the idea that a core duo would trounce the p4 in multitasking and 3-d rendering.. though they don't list the 1.83... closest could be an AMD 4200x2.. But it's fudging really. Ofcourse these systems are very different, more than the cpu, and I can certainly understand why it would make a big difference now. Thanks for clearing that up some.

 

[killernotebooks]

Jimmy, you should come to my camp, stop frontin' for the man and get in on the grass roots revolution that is K|N.

"Goota revolution, gotta revolution."