should buy core 2 duo or should wait for quadcore

venkateshk · 19-03-2007, 10:04 AM

hi everybody i am planning to take a laptop which would cost something around 2500$.so please advice me wehter i should buy of the present available core 2 duo laptops or should i wait for the quadcore laptops and does anyone know when the quadcore processors will be released for the laptops.

Addis · 19-03-2007, 04:38 PM

It depends on whether you'll actually make use of the 4 cores. Most applications won't fully use 2 cores, although more are beginning to. I'd check power consumption figures of both and see which would be better for a laptop.

Sniper · 19-03-2007, 04:52 PM

I think Intel Core 2 Duo will be the best choice at the moment, though it highly depend on what you plan to use the laptop for.

venkateshk · 19-03-2007, 05:48 PM

thanks for the advise and i will mostly use the laptop for multimedia and programming.(basically for matlab, maya,photoshop,flash etc...)

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venkateshk Geek Trainee Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Status: Offline	thanks for the advise and i will mostly use the laptop for multimedia and programming.(basically for matlab, maya,photoshop,flash etc...)

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