core 2 duo faster than i5/i7?

[ipodftw]

Makes me wonder what my C2Q can do

 

[sleyeu]

I was in the apple store today and overheard a customer talking to a staff member, her son wanted the quadcore but after some discussion the staff member said that the core2duo will be much faster than the quadcore processors?

Can anyone confirm this? I was planning on getting an i7 but now I don't know...

bs.

 

[Kronie]

Really??? Is there a practical point to doing this?? Or do you just want the newest because it's the newest, even if there's no cosmetic difference??? (no offense, I'm just curious)

No I just always seem to sell my computers and by new ones every year, or close to it. Every one I buy is the one I will have forever but for some reason I end up either upgrading or selling for a different model.

Windows to Mac, Laptop to Mac Pro, Mac Pro to iMac. Hopefully the iMac I will keep for years, who knows?

 

[paulyras]

Sounds like someone is trying to unload some dual cores.

ABC... Always Be Closing.

Used Car and apparently apple store sales 101 (and actually terrible advice for most sales jobs)

 

[DarwinOSX]

No. The OS can use more than 2 cores and there are plenty of apps that use more than two including some of the type you list.
Certainly for Video you want more than two cores if you can get it. I doubt the Apple store seller knows that the i5 and i7 has a turbo mode or even what the difference is between a Core 2 Duo and i5 or i7.

Core 2 Duo. For Today's Applications YES. Most Application only need 2 cores, You only need the core 2 duo if it for home use + more,

GET the Quad Core if your editing and doing Graphic Design, more intense multiple programs running simultaneously.

You are throwing money away if you get an i5 or i7 if it for home use, internet, music, videos, Movies,word, ect...

 

[Gatteau]

How about those who wants to buy now but are waiting for the MacBook Pro's to get the i5/i7's? According to what've been said here in this thread, the waiting is useless, right?

I don't do any intensive graphic editing. Just some light Photoshop use, and maybe some video editing, every now and then.

 

[ascender]

I have habitually been someone who always had a much more powerful Mac/PC than I actually needed, so with this in mind will just pop down to the Apple Store later and buy a C2D machine.

 

[fobfob]

Saying that the i5 or i7 is faster than a dual core is a very subjective claim.

A quad core may not run faster but it will run smoother. Just like an 8 cylinder car versus a 4 cylinder car. You wouldn't buy a 2 cylinder car would you? So why buy a 2 core computer? Pretty simple really.

 

[js81]

A quad core may not run faster but it will run smoother. Just like an 8 cylinder car versus a 4 cylinder car. You wouldn't buy a 2 cylinder car would you? So why buy a 2 core computer? Pretty simple really.

Not exactly that simple...

My wife has a TURBO 4-cyl (Jetta) that will absolutely smoke either my SUPERCHARGED 6-cyl (Frontier) or my brother-in-law's 8-cyl (F-150). I know that's apples and oranges (car vs. trucks) but its the same point.

Hers is "optimized" to go fast, mine is "optimized" for a balance of speed and towing, and the F-150 is "optimized" only for towing; Even though it has the largest engine, its the slowest.

I've seen loads of new PC laptops with a 1.6GHz i7 quad. Which would be faster then? A top-of-the-line 3.33GHz C2D with 6MB cache, or the i7? For most people most of the time, the C2D would be way faster. It all depends on what you're doing - in keeping with the car analogy, in this case the C2D would be the turbo 4 while the i7 would be the V8 (better for heavy lifting, but slower off the line).

 

[mac2x]

[...] So why buy a 2 core computer? Pretty simple really.

If that's all you need, it's also a pretty simple choice. Save some $$. Personally, I'd rather have a Mac Pro if I needed a quad core computer, for a variety of reasons.

[edit] Xeon processors being one of them.

 

[ViViDboarder]

A quad core may not run faster but it will run smoother. Just like an 8 cylinder car versus a 4 cylinder car. You wouldn't buy a 2 cylinder car would you? So why buy a 2 core computer? Pretty simple really.

Fuel efficiency is better on a 2 cylender motor scooter.