[Pc_Support] Re: AMD's L1 cache is 4x larger than Intel's L1 cache -- WAS: HP dv2500nr

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 16:34 -0400, Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> I gave in and bought one for my wife... $799 for a dual core with 1 Gb
> of memory was hard to resist...

I'm sorry if my prior response came off as a "bark."  I just wanted to
point out the fact that L2 cache isn't why Core (Duo notebooks or 2 Duo
desktops) is better -- which didn't help the Netburst (Pentium 4) at
all.  It's the core itself that is solid, unlike Netburst.

With that said, the Core Duo is a solid choice for a notebook, and the
Core 2 Duo is a good desktop even more so.  I'm really now thinking
about just spending $1,200 for a 8lbs., 17" Core Duo with GeForce Go
7600.  But I'm not sure yet.

> So I'll get to see how well her new laptop performs before I burden
> myself with a bad tech. :)


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