T8100 / T8300 / T9300

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thinkxplx · #1 Post by **thinkxplx** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:18 pm

This is for the T61 14.1 igp that I am planning to get. How big a difference is it between these 3 processors. Most of the time I would be using MS office applications, web surfing. Nothing very graphic/processor intensive. Is it ok to settle for a T8100?

#2 Post by **erik** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:46 pm

the T8100 would be perfectly fine for your needs. you'll notice much more difference in getting a faster hard drive so put the money toward a 7200RPM drive instead.

#3 Post by **archer6** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:38 am

erik wrote:the T8100 would be perfectly fine for your needs. you'll notice much more difference in getting a faster hard drive so put the money toward a 7200RPM drive instead.

I agree!

Especially since you will not use the extra speed, why pay for it? Not only that, but the slower processors run cooler and get better battery life.

Finally, today processors are already so fast that most of them are way too fast for the average user.
Intel just continues pushing them to sell their product.

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thinkxplx · #4 Post by **thinkxplx** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:50 am

Thank you very much for the feedback. This is a great forum.

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a satisfied user of T30

#5 Post by **archer6** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 7:00 am

thinkxplx wrote:Thank you very much for the feedback. This is a great forum.

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a satisfied user of T30

You are very welcome.

Yes, this is a great forum populated by people that care & are very helpful.

Your participation makes us one person stronger.

Cheers!
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beeblebrox · #6 Post by **beeblebrox** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:15 am

archer6 wrote:
erik wrote:the T8100 would be perfectly fine for your needs. you'll notice much more difference in getting a faster hard drive so put the money toward a 7200RPM drive instead.
I agree!

Especially since you will not use the extra speed, why pay for it? Not only that, but the slower processors run cooler and get better battery life.

Finally, today processors are already so fast that most of them are way too fast for the average user.
Intel just continues pushing them to sell their product.

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I agree, most people don't even need a dual core for their daily stuff. That's why even a tiny Asus EeePC often is sufficient.
Yesterday I had a major discussion with a colleague who argued that he would never buy a R61 Celeron, because he needs to do real work (MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel) and Celeron would be too way slow to run WinXP anyway. Yuck!
Needless to say that a 2Ghz Celeron M is much more powerful than a Pentium M a few years ago. Hell, my 4 year old T40 with asthmatic 1.6 Ghz is more than fast enough for MS Word.
But in my discussion I got nowhere, good marketing by Intel.

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