[Gllug] Duo Core processor 4Gb Ram laptop

[Andrew Farnsworth]

Diana Scott wrote:
> Hi
>
> I went to the sales earlier and noticed the latest laptops have Due 
> Core processor speed of 2Ghz with 4Gb RAM. I wonder what activities a 
> laptop with Duo Core or Centrino 2 with 4 Gb ram can achieve where a 
> laptop with Centrino (Pentium M) 1.7Ghz with 2Gb ram with Ubuntu 8.10 
> cannot do equally as good, given the same knowledge for both laptops.

Diana,
  Anything that will use multiple cores / CPUs will benefit from the 
dual core CPU.  This means things like Ripping / Converting CDs and DVDs 
to digital formats, photo manipulation, database work, etc.  It will 
also allow you to do multiple things at once without seeing slowdowns.  
For example, run a web server, database server, and developer studio all 
at the same time without noticing a performance hit on the UI.  If you 
are not doing any of these things, or seldom any of these things, then a 
single core cpu might be the way to go.  Remember though that all new 
CPUs in the future (ok, barring things like netbooks and it won't be 
long for them either) will be at least dual core and several are going 
to quad core already so to future proof your purchase you should 
consider the dual core models.

Andrew Farnsworth
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