Ah, but most people cannot afford $1000.00 or so for a cpu, so don't forget core 2 duo!! Core 2 quad (Kentsfield) will be really cool when it comes out, but for most folks, core 2 duo is the way to go.
I would have to agree, yes the quad core is slower but just based on price I would have to go with the 4 core chip. Granted the most important reason for 4 cores is to be able to do multiple things at once and no at this time very few single programs will use all 4 cores but as they get more popular, which they will when prices come down for regular people more programs will be written to take
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For everyday work, meaning office, some photo editing, web browsing and video watching in Full-HD, a pure dual core without HT is totally sufficient even today. Even an old Core 2 Duo will do just fine, esp. if it is a 2.4+ GHz model. An E8400 / 3.0 GHz CPU with 6 MB L2-cache can be bought for 2 dollars these days.
Dual Core is a type of processor with two cores on a single chip, while i3 is a processor developed by Intel. Dual Core processors are generally slower and less powerful than i3 processors. Dual Core processors are suitable for basic tasks like web browsing and document editing. In contrast, i3 processors are more powerful and suitable for more
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