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To: heatsinker2 who wrote (199000)	5/27/2006 1:27:06 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 275872

"Actually, tell me again why we even want dual core in a notebook??" For most people? No real reason if it means it costs more. For those corner cases where it actually may make a difference and the user appreciates it, I suspect that they are also as interested, if not more, in 64 bits to be future proofed. Keith and I went round and round over this one at iHub. Be saw himself as a typical notebook buyer. But, as it turned out, he was a typical notebook buyer who is willing to drop $2k+ of his own money every year or two on a notebook. My stance is that is a small and shrinking percentage of the market. I am a lot more typical in that when we need a notebook, we start scanning the Best Buy ads until they have one that matches our requirements. And our price point is well below $2k.

To: heatsinker2 who wrote (199000)	5/27/2006 1:49:47 PM
From: minnow68	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

You wrote "Actually, tell me again why we even want dual core in a notebook??" Because Windows sucks. Seriously. Windows has a nasty habit of not yielding to any other process of the same priority if one process is trying to take 100% of the CPU. How often does this happen? All the time. Ever see a mouse pause a second or two? Ever have an app freeze up for a tiny bit and then resume just fine? Those little annoying pauses would almost all be fixed with a dual core processor. To me at least, that's the real point of dual core in a notebook. It's not worth a great deal (at least to me), but if I could get it for less than $100 extra, I'd do it. Mike