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To: Joe NYC who wrote (228266)	3/16/2007 10:23:32 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

I think most of the power consumers are not all that bright, I guess. :)

To: Joe NYC who wrote (228266)	3/17/2007 7:51:17 AM
From: NicoV	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Joe, I have the same attitude like you. I typically build one PC per year for my company. Price is not an objection, as long as it is reasonable, e.g. I won't pay twice the amount for a cpu that is 10% faster. And I like quiet systems, so I tend to prefer power consumption over performance. But like you I'm a heavy user, so I definitely don't buy low end stuff. In H2 2005 I bought a 2.4 GHz Venice. In H2 2006 I bough a 2.4 Ghz Core 2 (E6600). E6700 fell in the category '10% faster for twice the money). In H2 2007 I'll probably buy a 2.9 Ghz DC K10. I also buy a portable every couple of years. 3 years ago I bought an Acer Ferrari with a 1.8GHz A64. A couple of months ago I bought a Dell Inspiron with an E7200 (2Ghz) Core 2 Duo. I barely notice any difference in speed between the two portables. Although both portables have a 7200 rpm drive, disk IO is the main thing that slows the portable down. I'd rather spend my money on a 10000rpm drive (or a flash drive maybe in a couple of years) than on a CPU that has 2 extra cores doing nothing.