a few simple questions about CPUs

hi,

are there any drawbacks to getting a laptop with the a CPU that might be more than what you actually need? like, i'm thinking of buying this laptop:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139120
with a Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 2.00GHz CPU but i'll only really use it for basic tasks, surfing the net, maybe some light gaming occasionally, and very little video/picture-editing (youtube standard stuff). so, i know it's not really necessary to get this kind of CPU but this laptop is within my £400 budget, so would there be any reason not to get it?

also, does the laptop brand have any affect on the performance of the processor? and if so, are Fujitsu siemens a bad manufacturer compared to others?

finally, do processors higher up the range tend to depreciate less?

 

no reason not to get it. It will probably last you longer because it is faster than what you need now but in the future, with applications requiring more and more power every day, it is not a bad idea to go with a faster cpu now.

What happens most times is the applications that come pre-loaded by certain manufacturers will have a greater impact on performance than the standard parts that they are using.

 

The only downside is that your paying alittle more, if your trying to save money and still want power, you could always just get first generation C2D's instead of santa rosa platform. a laptop with a T7200 will be fine for what your doing maybe overkill

 

The only downfall of that laptop, is its graphics card. The S3 mirage is a pretty weak integrated card, so you will not be able to do any kind of gaming on it.

Other than that, it has a nice harddrive, pretty fast processor. SInce it is a socket P chip, you can simply upgrade the bios, and put a really fast T9xxx chip in their in say two years from now, and your system will really be fast.
The harddrive and memory can also be upgraded down the road, so it will be a really good deal now, and a good one later down the road, since you have a lot of upgradeable options.

K-TRON

 

no downside to buying better equiptment other than the cost
you might check to see if you can get the T7300 CPU in that laptop instead of the T7250,, it has twice the level 2 cache which will mean more speed..

and buy buying the best laptop you can now,, you are extending the time until you will have to upgrade or replace the one you are about to purchase..

if you are like me, then you may be able to go 3 or more years w/o upgrading
but some people here can't make it 6 months w/o having to buy the newest and greatest

bigO