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Thread ID: 45316 2004-05-18 06:38:00 Upgrade vs New Computer ephesus (2509) Press F1
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237519 2004-05-21 14:08:00 I don't know where you are getting your quotes from, but you would be best to stay away from computer supermarket shopping. You will save a lot of money and end up with a better computer. Do a search on the forum for relevant retailers in NZ with good feedback.

If you have about $8000+ spare then get a dual CPU system as they are the future. The multitasking ability of a dual will out-perform any single CPU system. If the program is multi-threaded and eventually more programs will be because of HT technology, you get an even bigger performance increase, sometimes up to 100% if its really well coded. If interested visit http://www.2cpu.com and post some questions in the newbie forum after having a look round.
kiki (762)
237520 2004-05-21 14:17:00 Dual cpu's wont catch on in the home market,90 percent of people don't use a tiny amount of what today's cpu's can do,let alone justify the added expense of purchasing a dual cpu set up to run MS Word and IE.

Plus we have intel cancelling their R&D on the next pentium chip and switching focus to Dual core cpu's,no need for 2 sockets with them babies.
metla (154)
237521 2004-05-21 14:18:00 Just my opinion of course,i may be miles off. metla (154)
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