inter core i7 720QM

techmaniack · 10-07-2010, 04:42 PM

hi friends i wanna buy a new laptop and while googling, i stumbled upon this:

Dell(TM) Studio 14 Laptop (T540530IN8)

Intel® Core™ i7-720QM (1.6GHz, 4 Cores/8 Threads, turbo up to 2.8 GHz, 6MB Cache)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit (English)
4GB (2GBx2) 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
500GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
14” High Definition 720p WLED (1366x768) Display with TrueLife™
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
Now with Microsoft® Office Starter 2010!

Price Rs.50400/-

what i care about

-Video editing/converting
-Web Designing (Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Flex, )
-XAMPP
-Multiple OS's
-VMWare(a couple of virtual machines)
-a lot of coding as i am an engg student. (i.e keyboard and mousepad should be friendly)

What i don't care about

-Weight
-Looks

i doubt about only one thing that this Core i7 720QM has a clock frequency of 1.6Ghz would this affect the performance, as compared to a 2Ghz Core i5 or Core2Duo? coz if i go for a Corei5 or Core2Duo, i get more of RAM plus more Graphics memory...

and one more thing, does this 1.6Ghz is for individual core i.e. 4 cores = 4*1.6=#@#@#Ghz Aha! I hope this is true LoL

**Sam** · 10-07-2010, 08:10 PM

looks good. can't comment more as i not have good knowledge of pricing of other lappies. but you get more thread & turbo boost. so i think both your problem solved. else you got a 2nd option. AMD Phenom II X4 proccies. can't say about availability but Acer & Lenovo launched several laptops. price is less. but it got no turbo boost or hyper threading. so its your call.