Comments on: Please Help Me Choose My Processor And Then Evaluate My Computer.?

By: imadoofu

imadoofu — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:45:44 +0000

any computer made in the last 5 years is probably good enough for that. ‘usable in five years’ is relative. if you reinstall windows regularly it will be just as useable in 5 years as it is now. if you want to submit to featuritis and get windows vienna the day it comes out then by all means get the most expensive processor. otherwise the first one should be good enough for surfing, email, and typing papers. heck, you might even be able to play doukutsu ( http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/ ) which is, btw, the greatest game ever. the problem I see is where it says ‘windows vista premium’. there is a good alternative called ubuntu. for doing some things it can be difficult to configure, but if all you want to do is email, surf, typing, it will perform much better than vista. it makes it seem like your system is twice as fast and it’s prettier than vista with beryl. hope this doesn’t count as spam.

By: runner1

runner1 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:47:51 +0000

Buy the best. She is your wife. She deserves it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:32:30 +0000

For browsing the Internet and basic task you can’t go wrong with any of the above processors. Heck, they are are overkill. For what you want to do you could grab something a few years old off eBay and still be fine.
You don’t need something that is state of the art unless you are planning on doing some serious gaming, or some HEAVY video editing. In that case, you shouldn’t be looking the the notebook category to start with. They overheat and are underpowered compared to their desktop counterparts.
My advice is to get the cheapest thing you can find that has everything you need. Don’t be concerned by processor speed or the amount of RAM. It’s all secondary in your case. Also keep in mind, that if you must have state of the art technology – No, matter what you buy today it WILL be obsolete in six months.