A Quick Question
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I'm buying a laptop, primarily so that I can keep up with my homework while travelling for work. Given that my idea of a rousing game is Solitaire, is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7, instead of an i5 processor? I'm trying to think of one, but I'm stuck.
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7
You will be able to use it a little longer because i7 will become an old technology about half a year or so after i5 becomes one.
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I'm buying a laptop, primarily so that I can keep up with my homework while travelling for work. Given that my idea of a rousing game is Solitaire, is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7, instead of an i5 processor? I'm trying to think of one, but I'm stuck.
Will Rogers never met me.
I built myself a desktop recently - an I5 quad core and I am amazed at the speed of it. I decided not to pay the extra ~200 it would have cost me for the I7 processor as the benefits were not really that great looking at the specs(for the money). I'd say unless you can afford to burn $300 stick with the I5.
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I'm buying a laptop, primarily so that I can keep up with my homework while travelling for work. Given that my idea of a rousing game is Solitaire, is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7, instead of an i5 processor? I'm trying to think of one, but I'm stuck.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Avoid ASUS. I have been looking for their support for the last 2 weeks, and I am still looking. They have absolutely the worst after sales service I have ever to deal with.
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I'm buying a laptop, primarily so that I can keep up with my homework while travelling for work. Given that my idea of a rousing game is Solitaire, is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7, instead of an i5 processor? I'm trying to think of one, but I'm stuck.
Will Rogers never met me.
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But their stuff is so cheap that you can simply throw it away and buy it anew, instead of trying to repair it.
Unfortunately, not their tablets. 600 euros for a tablet, arrived broken, after 2 weeks at repair, they still dont even know when they will get replacement part stock. They are making their problem mine, and we all know what happened to HTC last time someone pissed me off and wasted my time...
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Unfortunately, not their tablets. 600 euros for a tablet, arrived broken, after 2 weeks at repair, they still dont even know when they will get replacement part stock. They are making their problem mine, and we all know what happened to HTC last time someone pissed me off and wasted my time...
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leppie wrote:
we all know
But me ? What did you do ? Last time I checked, the company still existed.
Rage wrote:
Last time I checked, the company still existed.
Yes, I am not that cruel :) It was to do with HTC failing to release source code (particularly the kernel) that is under GPL.
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leppie wrote:
we all know
But me ? What did you do ? Last time I checked, the company still existed.
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I'm buying a laptop, primarily so that I can keep up with my homework while travelling for work. Given that my idea of a rousing game is Solitaire, is there any reason that I should pay $300 extra for an i7, instead of an i5 processor? I'm trying to think of one, but I'm stuck.
Will Rogers never met me.
Since nobody has mentioned it, I'd only upgrade the CPU after getting an SSD. Especially on a laptop you'll get much more bang for the buck unless you are running specialized software.
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