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    8600 pent. m 1.4

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pajer, Dec 9, 2004.

  1. pajer

    pajer Newbie

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    dell has a outrageous deal on the 8600 , but it only comes with a pent. m 1.4 would i be sacrificing a lot of speed vs. say the pent. m 1.6. i will be using mostly for email, web browsing, dvd movie watching and an occasional game playing. Any thoughts? all help would be appreciated. pajer
     
    pajer, Dec 9, 2004
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  2. srdhkl

    srdhkl Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    For what you are planning to do, that should be plenty fast.
     
    srdhkl, Dec 9, 2004
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    krusty46 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm sure the 1.4 is fine, but there is a difference between it and the 1.6 besides clock speed. I think it had to do with the cache (1.6 was twice as much) if my memory serves me correctly.

    That said, I just ordered an 8600 with the 1.4 processor. However much slower it may be, it will be better than the AMD K2 (300 I believe) laptop its replacing.
     
    krusty46, Dec 13, 2004
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    I thought the 1.4 M had the same amount of 2mb of cache like the 1.6.
     
    bugmenot, Dec 21, 2004
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