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    Core™ Duo vs Core™ 2 Duo?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by saunter, Sep 18, 2006.

  1. saunter

    saunter Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I am planning to buy dv6000t or 2000t, abd I prefer to Intel. But Core 2 Duo is more expensive than Core Duo.

    Has any one used Core 2? Or some advice.

    Does it make a much bigger difference in CPU speed than Core Duo? Or the latter have some fault in design, so Intel produces the new version? If not, I want to buy the common Core Duo...

    thanks. :p
     
    saunter, Sep 18, 2006
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  2. CeeNote

    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Core 2 Duo isn't much faster on most applications than the Core Duo. However the Core 2 Duo is 64bit which will be more future proof.
     
    CeeNote, Sep 18, 2006
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    pkd Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you want to keep up with the Joneses, go for core 2 duo. My 3 cents.
     
    pkd, Sep 18, 2006
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  4. paqtrick22

    paqtrick22 Notebook Evangelist

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    just consider the programs you will be running...

    for now, i am contended with 32-bit programs (yet). i think it will take a while for programs to fully utilize 64-bit.

    by that time,i know i can still depend on my lappy
     
    paqtrick22, Sep 18, 2006
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    ZanyDog Notebook Guru

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    ZanyDog, Sep 18, 2006
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    Definitely buy the C2D over the CD, and preferably one of the 4MB L2 cache versions given how cache-dependent Intel architecture is (AMD is much less cache-dependent).
     
    brianstretch, Sep 19, 2006
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