amd turion 64

Is there a big difference between "AMD Turion(TM) 64 Mobile MK-36 (2.0 GHz/512KB)" and "AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-52(1.6GHz/1MB) "? If i don't want to upgrade to vista ever, do i even need the dual core?Thanks in advance

 

You don't need a dual core even for Vista sake, period. Dual core won't speed up your vista but a better GPU will do.

The big difference between MK-36 and TL-52 is: MK-36 is faster than TL-52 in some sense. Because its faster clock. You will find <20% of time that TL-52 perform better than MK-36 when you are running two tasks.

MK-36 should be slightly slower than ML-37. You can compare TL-52 and TL-37/40 to get where it stand.

 

Dual core is really good for multitasking though. There really isn't a reason not to get a dual core machine at this point in the game.

You don't need it, but you should want it.

 

So it's better to get a MK-36 if i don't want to watch movie, play game and using word at the same time?

 

You should be OK for watching movie or even HD movie while you are typing. But not scanning virus while you are playing games. I doubt whoever do that quite often in their life.

night_2004 was right, for dual core, you don't need it, but you should want it. Next year you should want quad core, or octal core.

 

i don't need it and i should want it..... so confusing

 

Go for the dual-core processor . . it's like getting two processors.

 

it also means $100 more probably...

 

Is a slightly faster laptop worth $100 to you?

If I had the cash I'd pay £50 for a Core Duo over something like a Pentium-M, unfortunately the UK laptop market doesn't quite work like that!

 

I don't know how faster from core solo 1.86G to core 2 duo 1.73G for $100 increase. But I don't think TL-56 is noticable faster than MK-36. Probably C2D is faster just because of new design. But AMD is not this case.

 

it would be like $200 more from pentium m to a duo core...

 

2Ghz vs 1.6Ghz dual core ($100 more).

I personally would choose single core because it will feel faster in most things you do. Only multi-threaded (not multitasking) apps will the 1.6ghz dual core win. Multi-tasking gains are much much less.