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    battery life question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by HumanTorch, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. HumanTorch

    HumanTorch Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    im just wondering if there is a difference in battery life between a core 2 duo at 2.0 and a core duo at 2.0

    also how much of a difference in performance will be seen for standard web browsing, music, word processing, video chatting, and so forth
    nothing too power user-ish

    thanks in advance
     
    HumanTorch, Jul 30, 2007
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  2. wave

    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    The Core duo uses about 5% less power and also has about 10% less processing power. Both not too noticable.
     
    wave, Jul 30, 2007
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  3. tsunamifury

    tsunamifury Notebook Consultant

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    Strange... somehow the Core 2 Duo is more more power efficient and 20% faster according to benchmarks.

    Both very noticeable to me. Also the Core 2 Duo is 64bit the Duo is not.
     
    tsunamifury, Jul 30, 2007
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  4. HumanTorch

    HumanTorch Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    yea i noticed in the review that the core duo died like 2 hours earlier on a dvd running test, i was unsure whether this was an anomaly and how it compared to everyday use because i wont be watching dvd's that much
     
    HumanTorch, Jul 30, 2007
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