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Laptops. Are specs going backwards ?

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    Laptops. Are specs going backwards ?

    Hello

    I have a four year old Dell 5150 laptop which has a 3.06 Ghz CPU, 2GB RAM and 100 GB hard disk. I have been looking about for a new one because the five year maintenance runs out next year and I have found the specifications of the current laptops to be worse at about 1.6 - 2 GHz CPU's, 1GB memory and 80GB hard disk.

    Are laptop specs going backwards or am I just not looking hard enough?

    #2
    Processor architectures have changed.

    I have a Pentium 4 running at 3.6 Ghz, and it is considerably outperformed by an Intel Core Duo even if I underclock the later to 1.6Ghz.
    Vieze Oude Man

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      #3
      I have just bought a Dell for 700 euros. Sorted
      We must strike at the lies that have spread like disease through our minds

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        #4
        Do let us know how you put the fire out without ruining the suit of the chap next to you...

        Dell Fire Safety tips
        Last edited by cojak; 23 September 2006, 14:32.
        "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
        - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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          #5
          I see. Cheers.

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            #6
            I just bought a Core 2 Duo box (2GHz) - well a Mac one. Scares the crap out of me how fast it is (compared to older machine compiling a huge chunk of C!). I reckon each core is around the same speed as a 3.06GHz P4.
            Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...

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              #7
              I've decided to get a Mac for my next laptop... Let's see how it goes...

              Can anyone recommend a Mac retailer, btw?
              "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
              - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                #8
                Originally posted by cojak
                I've decided to get a Mac for my next laptop... Let's see how it goes...

                Can anyone recommend a Mac retailer, btw?
                Go to Apple Store or John Lewis. JL will give you a free 2 year warranty versus the standard Apple 1 year.
                Serving religion with the contempt it deserves...

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                  #9
                  All my stuff has come from MacWarehouse.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheMonkey
                    I just bought a Core 2 Duo box (2GHz) - well a Mac one. Scares the crap out of me how fast it is (compared to older machine compiling a huge chunk of C!). I reckon each core is around the same speed as a 3.06GHz P4.
                    Huge chunks of C ?

                    Who, exactly, has trouble compiling 'huge chunks' of C any more?

                    Even a modest Intel or AMD processor, with a stingy amount of memory, would absolutelty piss through any amount of ANSI C code using a modern C compiler (from GNU, MS, Borland etc.).

                    What C compiler are you using that gives you this impression?

                    Now C++ is a different story, but compiling ANSI C should be as simple as.

                    You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.

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