how's a 1.8ghz processor?

I found a an SZ 75 (not really sure 75...) with a C2D 1.8ghz and 2gb ram, and 250gb hdd with a good deal and a reasonable price. The problem is that I'm not sure about the 1.8ghz, is it slow considering there are others with 2.0, 2.1, and 2.5ghz processors?

I have a desktop with a C2D 2.66ghz, so i might feel this as a turtle...

 

What would you do you do with the computer?

 

General work, office, powerpoint presentations, photoshop and dreamweaver.

 

Then it's perfectly fine.

 

Really? Man, I feel that like in a year that 1.8ghz would be like it doesn't exist!
Would it run BF2 on medium settings?

 

BF2 is more depended on your GPU,

but yes a 1.8ghz cpu will do just fine.

 

So you guys think a 1.8ghz would suffice for 2-3 years?

I don't want to regret on my purchase because I'm leaning towards vaio's due to light weight and thickness.

 

1.8Ghz Core 2 Duo will be fine to run Vista for years to come. Especially with 3GB.

 

but the one I saw had 2gb only; originally 1gb and you get another 1gb free, so really that grabbed my attention.

 

You can always add more RAM if you need it.

 

Until this summer I was using a Medion laptop, 1,6GHz Centrino, with the Chipset, originally 512 later 1GB Ram. It worked fine for 3 years, also office 2007.
Now it played EmpireEarth 2...

Now I've got my SZ.

But then, theoretically it's too powerful for me, but I like my computer on the powerful side, also as it'll last longer.

Now, as a pure "office laptop" that SZ will run fine until the hardware brakes.

The software that actually lets computers "decay" is games.

So if that SZ is "cheap", get it.

 

office and photoshop, i may add


but ya, most likely i'll getting it..

 

Well even Photoshop. The faster your PC, the faster a task is done, but let me use another program right now...

SonicStage, Audio library (all my CDs )
On my old Medion it took maybe twice or even three times as long to load, compared with my SZ. In the end it also palyed well and the end the final result is the same. The same will go for photoshop. Any software that will idle easily and only needs power in bursts will do fine.

I mean, you get 1,6GHz dual cores as well right now.

So, as I said, its games that let computers age.
Video editing needs a lot of power too, but even the old Medion managed the basics (recording, cutting)
So you might even take a lighter and weaker TZ for Office, although I'd recommend the SZ
(Also the TZ will posiibly be more expensive)

(I ran Vista Beta 2 on 1,6 GHz Centrino (one core!!) with 512MB Ram, and it worked went back to XP though, made it faster, but it was usable!!)

 

Would a CR differ from a SZ except screen size? My brother got a CR with 1.8ghz adn 1gb ram, I think I should experiment with that install PS in it, lets see how it would feel like.

 

Well, a CR is heavier, its possibly got a worse video card...
My SZ has 4GB of RAM (can use 3061MB)...

 

The SZ has a LED backlight and has a nVidia 8400GS + Intel X3100 while the CR only has a X3100. If your not gaming, it won't matter much. The LED backlight should produce better colors and provide slightly more battery life.

 

It's all about the install. If he has a lot of bloatware running the performance will not be optimal. Sony's are notorious for having way too many unnecassary processes running.

 

Yeah, I did a clean install of vista on that CR, and tried out BF2 and it actually ran quite nice for just 1gb ram and a X3100, plus connected to a 37" LCD TV.

So i guess that SZ that caught my eyes would do just fine.....C2D 1.8ghz, 2gb ram, hybrid graphics.

Btw, i don't game, just wanted to try it out.