I just bought a laptop as a gift and its a Intel Pentium Dual Core. I was wondering if that was ok processor. Personally I have a Core Duo chip and I know Core Duo line performs better, but those laptops can get pricey. Never heard anything about Pentium Dual Core before.
The person am buying for will be using the laptop for just basic everday e-mailing, internet, word processing, & skype. No major photo editing, gaming, etc.
Problem with past laptops i've used (Celeron, older Athlon) is that eventually even starting the laptop or surfing the net is slow. I just hope with Pentium Dual Core chip it doesn't get like that. I've heard about newer AMD chips, but don't know much about it. I prefer the laptop to be under $1,000. Any suggestions?
2007-05-03 08:51:48 · 5 answers · asked by cabbage 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
The Pentium Dual Core is essentially a Core Duo, but with half as much cache. It is based on the exact same Yonah core. Not sure why Intel decided to confuse the brands by creating this line, but thats up to them. It will work just fine for the tasks you listed.
2007-05-03 15:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
with out question it is the : AMD Athlon™ sixty 4 X2 twin-center 4000+, abode windows Vista abode difficulty-unfastened, 1GB-RAM, 250GB, 256MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 professional AMD processors have been designed from the commencing up for the sport enthusiasts and picture designers and have greater help geared up into the processor to help them, the cardboard is likewise better in that one yet i might nonetheless think of approximately upping the video card later in case you will get into gaming working the suited 3-D video games you will elect a card with a minimum of 512 MB. yet that a improve for later bypass AMD.
2017-01-09 10:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it will do fine for you. I just got a new Toshiba laptop with a Core Duo in it and it does a good job. However, one thing to note, due to the smaller size requirement that a laptop must meet vs. a desktop, it won't outperform a desktop.
2007-05-03 08:57:54 · answer #3 · answered by scotty_b_1976 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a more than adequate processor for what your friend intends to use it for; you can read more here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_Dual_Core
No matter what operating system the laptop is running, you can always get better performance by adding more RAM; try
http://www.crucial.com/
2007-05-03 09:03:09 · answer #4 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More power than see will ever use, your fine
2007-05-03 09:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋