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Speed issue: CPU or RAM????????

  • 01-07-2006 05:12PM
    #1
    abetarrush
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    Hey

    At the moment I have a PC with a 2.93Ghz Celeron Processor and 256MB RAM

    I'm gettin a Macbook in August, with a 1.83Ghz Core Duo processor and 1GB RAM

    How would this compare to my PC I have now????


    Jus wonderin, what usually determines the speed, is it your CPU or the amount of RAM ye have?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    it depends!

    but probably ram in your system


  • #3
    abetarrush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭abetarrush


    mukki wrote:
    it depends!

    but probably ram in your system
    yeah, and my comp is a piece o shit, the motherboard is fxcked


  • #4
    L31mr0d
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    like everything, it depends (the type of ram, the type of processor, etc). What do you use your computer for anyway? RAM is usefull for programs and applications that require a lot of data to be available for access quickly (photoshop or oracle being an example) the CPU is usefull for handling execution of processes and programs.

    But for your case, a core duo at 1.83Ghz would trounce a 2.93 celeron, purely because its dual core. Thats a pretty sweet laptop for most applications you'll want to use, and the 1Gb RAM is needed for most of the applications people with MACs want to use (i.e. CAD)


  • #5
    abetarrush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭abetarrush


    L31mr0d wrote:
    like everything, it depends (the type of ram, the type of processor, etc). What do you use your computer for anyway? RAM is usefull for programs and applications that require a lot of data to be available for access quickly (photoshop or oracle being an example) the CPU is usefull for handling execution of processes and programs.

    But for your case, a core duo at 1.83Ghz would trounce a 2.93 celeron, purely because its dual core. Thats a pretty sweet laptop for most applications you'll want to use, and the 1Gb RAM is needed for most of the applications people with MACs want to use (i.e. CAD)
    I mainly use it for the web, music, YouTube vids and MSN, then Downloadin from P2P every now n again


    cheers


  • #6
    jesus_thats_gre
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    The laptop would be far superior at a guess.


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  • #7
    colm_c
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    Plus the fact that the Macbooks are duo-core which effectively means that they have 2 processors.

    More RAM in a Mac is also much more important than a PC, because the OS needs at least 256 to run. The MacBook will be a serious improvement on the PC.


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