Did anyone here recently go from a single core laptop to a dual core one?
I ask because I am tempted to buy a new dual core (Pentium T7500; complete Intel list at
http://www.intel.com/intel/finance/pricelist/processor_price_list.pdf?iid=InvRel+pricelist_pdf). In particular, a Toshiba Tecra A9-S9015X :
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?seg=HHO&poid=393109 I have a 15.4" Toshiba now but it's a single-core Pentium M 760 (it's not even in the new list above), 2.0 GHz, 2MB of cache and 533Mhz FSB (front side bus). One gig of RAM and 120GB hard drive.
But it's not even a dual core, not even one of the original dual cores. It's *one* CPU. I should not have bought it 1.5 years ago but I digress...
Has anyone here made the transition from a single to dual core laptop and if so, what was the perceived difference in speed? Barely noticeable, moderate, awesome? In between?
I find my present laptop lacking in speed and I am willing to spend almost $1.5K for a (2 GB) Tecra with a Core 2 Duo 7500 and an FSB of 800Mhz (that's a relatively new and higher speed for a commercially available Intel laptop FSB).
If you noticed, that Tecra has Windows XP installed as opposed to Vista. I'd rather have my new hardware NOT be eaten up by a bloated OS.
If you've been following the news, this is the first time enterprises are saying to hardware manufacturers and Microsoft: "yes, we'd like new workstations but hold the Vista!" :-)
Thanks.