Am I going to notice a difference in speed between 1.6 GHz, 1.73, and 2.0 GHZ on a Pentium Dual Core T2330?
I suspect that depends what you're doing with it.
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Jon B. - May 09, 2008 2:56:50 pm PDT #6168 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Deena - May 09, 2008 3:01:53 pm PDT #6169 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Primarily editing text in Word or Open Office, possibly compiling ebooks for Palm, Mobipocket, etc., possibly some web content editing work, and definitely doing memory intensive graphic art stuff--using the Wacom tablet and PhotoShop.
amych - May 09, 2008 3:04:10 pm PDT #6170 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The difference between 1.6 and 1.7 is pretty negligible. You'll notice a difference with the jump to 2.0 on the graphics work, but not anywhere near as much as the difference between more or less memory. If it comes down to a budget question between the faster processor and maxing out the RAM, go for the RAM.
Deena - May 09, 2008 3:18:17 pm PDT #6171 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
That's what I was hoping you'd say Amy. The price difference is significant enough to make me wonder, if I could go a little slower on the processor and max out the RAM vs. getting the great processor and getting reasonably good RAM.
(edit: not necessarily you you, but someone you. Thanks, you.)
More editing to replace a missing word. Now I will take my dorkitude back to looking at laptops. Thanks for the help guys.
-t - May 09, 2008 4:56:09 pm PDT #6172 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Shredder update: I took it back and got another just like it. Upon inspection, it appears that the bin starts overflowing when it looks a quarter full from the front, so "overfilled" probably was the right diagnosis.
Now that I know that, I should be able to avoid doing it again...
In related news: shredding CDs is pretty fun.
le nubian - May 10, 2008 1:59:07 pm PDT #6173 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
question regarding airport express/extreme ...
in my home I have the cable modem in one room (upstairs) and a printer I'd like to network downstairs. Clearly they are not attached to the same computer.
Should I get an airport extreme for the room upstairs to initiate the wireless and then get an airport express for the downstairs office that has the printer?
Gris - May 10, 2008 2:23:49 pm PDT #6174 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Oops double post. My full answer is down a ways..
Jessica - May 10, 2008 2:23:57 pm PDT #6175 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You'll need some kind of wireless router connected to the modem, but it doesn't have to be an Airport. I have a Linksys router and an Airport Express functioning as a print server and they talk to each other just fine.
Gris - May 10, 2008 2:24:20 pm PDT #6176 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Should I get an airport extreme for the room upstairs to initiate the wireless and then get an airport express for the downstairs office that has the printer?
That's what I'd do. Assuming you can't move the cable modem to the same room as the printer and plug both into an Extreme.
le nubian - May 10, 2008 3:23:27 pm PDT #6177 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
excellent. thank you both. I appreciate the responses.