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    Q9000 vs P8600

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bassflow, Aug 2, 2009.

  1. bassflow

    bassflow Notebook Evangelist

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    I might buy a Q9000 but want to know if it worth it. I video edit, photo edit, game and do you know normal stuff. (Music, web browsing, homework). I've asked in the Adobe forums and they've said that I could run PPro CS4 well with an external eSATA drive as my HDD would be my bottleneck.
    Saying that should I buy the Q9000? or stick with my P8600 and upgrade in a year or 2?

    Thanks.

    --bassflow
     
    bassflow, Aug 2, 2009
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  2. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Definitely the quad. Quads are for people who do a lot of encoding and editing.

    As for gaming, most games do not require all that much CPU power, so the inferior clockspeed of the Q9000 will not be a problem whatsoever.
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Aug 2, 2009
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  3. bassflow

    bassflow Notebook Evangelist

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    Will it make other apps run slower though?
     
    bassflow, Aug 2, 2009
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  4. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, most day-to-day apps won't even utilize the full speed of one core, so it's fine. You won't notice a difference.
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 3, 2009
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  5. npv1597

    npv1597 Notebook Guru

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    I had a laptop with a q9000, it was blazing fast, but i returned it to get a thinkpad for the battery life and mobility. I had a sager NP5797 before, it sucked as a portable computer, but was an amazingly fast computer.
     
    npv1597, Aug 3, 2009
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    i could run test if wanted
     
    The_Moo™, Aug 3, 2009
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  7. BobXX

    BobXX Newbie

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    I'd take a look at the Q9100 over the Q9000.
     
    BobXX, Aug 3, 2009
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  8. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    In most places, the price for the Q9100 over the Q9000 makes it not worth it for the marginal speed increase.
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 3, 2009
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