Dell Says This is Why You Need a Quad Core CPU

[blacksins]

ohh thats why my HP dv7 notebook can't edit photos while checking my e-mail.. Hmmm.. interesting!!

 

[earthwormsvx]

Core 1 - Windows Defender
Core 2 - Windows Superfetch
Core 3 - Windows Defrag
Core 4 - Windows (Internet) Explorer

We're going to need more cores fast!

 

[Emperus]

Dell introduces new benchmarking terms for processors..!! Sarcasm apart, this may turn either way for AMD.. People ( those who'll buy these by the ads ) might come out surprised on the CPU's ability to do things more and complex than advertised.. On the other hand, it might send wrong info to someone that AMD's highest end quad cores are fit for such tasks only.. So happy that we've websites and techies like here who can help the not so technically gifted ones.. BTW why don't few editors from here guide the confused dell marketing/advertisement team on how to market..

 

[falchard]

For a second I thought this was an old pentium ad.

 

[gtvr]

I also want to have notepad open, so I'm getting one of the new hexa core processors.

 

[babybeluga]

Read what the entire ad says, people. I know a couple of you have. This article is just plain dumb. Inciting the masses is too easy.

 

[soulfringe]

[citation][nom]ern88[/nom]Can I saw "FALSE ADVERTISEMENT". What a load of crap. They are praying on the un-educated people like the old. FAIL[/citation]


It's not false Advertisement. You CAN do all that on a Quad core. It's just misleading those uneducated people into thinking that they can only do it on a quad core.

 

[Userremoved]

[citation][nom]earthwormsvx[/nom]Core 1 - Windows DefenderCore 2 - Windows SuperfetchCore 3 - Windows DefragCore 4 - Windows (Internet) ExplorerWe're going to need more cores fast![/citation]
TO THE XEON MOBILE!

 

[dlmcccollum]

Being one of those who enjoys the computer but is not technically savvy in how it accomplishes its magic, I am considering a new built computer to replace my aging Pentium 4 and CRT Screen. I have selected all the components and was considering an i7 quad core, not because I play complicated games but because I want the processor to still be a viable system 3-4 years down the road. While there is no sure futureproofing I would hope that this would be of some benefit. Am I overreacting to the hype and should I settle with a dual core and 4GB DDR3 (as opposed to the quad 4 with 6 GB DDR3), or does the plan of “going big” make some sense?

 

[Userremoved]

[citation][nom]dlmcccollum[/nom]Being one of those who enjoys the computer but is not technically savvy in how it accomplishes its magic, I am considering a new built computer to replace my aging Pentium 4 and CRT Screen. I have selected all the components and was considering an i7 quad core, not because I play complicated games but because I want the processor to still be a viable system 3-4 years down the road. While there is no sure futureproofing I would hope that this would be of some benefit. Am I overreacting to the hype and should I settle with a dual core and 4GB DDR3 (as opposed to the quad 4 with 6 GB DDR3), or does the plan of “going big” make some sense?[/citation]
Go on the new system forum.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]polarbear2k[/nom]Core 1 = EmailCore 2 = Photo editingCore 3 = AntivirusCore 4 = Porn[/citation]LMAO!!!

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]It should say "Quad core. So you can play Crysis."[/citation]Good luck.

 

[Userremoved]

WOW an HD4350 PREMIUM GRAPHICS!

 

[VWXYZ]

I like how e-mail is in singularis :b

an e-mail! You need 4 cores to open an e-mail!

Wonder how many you would need if you would do something like... index 20 mails :O the new 48 core? prolly...

 

[eeide]

I would have to say that technically the ad is accurate. If you have a single or dual core, technically you aren't doing all those things at the same time. Your OS is doing something called context switching to give the illusion that threads are all running at the same time. The question is do you really need all of that stuff in parallel. It does help when you burn DVDs at once for instance.

 

[Simple11]

Well they're smart because they know the general audience is completely oblivious to even how a computer works. Oh and insider3, its because apple still hasn't advanced to quad cores 😛

Jk about apple part, I never thought of buying a computer from them so I have no idea what specs they're trying to sell right now.

 

[michaelahess]

And it better take only 3 seconds to open that email!

I hope someone gets this joke.....

 

[idisarmu]

I think they have it wrong. It is actually necessary to have a HEXAcore.... here is why:

Non-gpu accelerated Eyefinity-6 Porn with 6 different movies.

 

[sidran32]

They must be using Norton Antivirus.

 

[sidran32]

[citation][nom]darthhelmet[/nom]How about reading FAIL? Try reading the whole ad - not just what Toms had circled. They are advertising the performance of the Inspiron 546. "...Choose your processor from an AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core, to a Phenom II X4 Quad Core. So you can check an e-mail, edit a digital photo and run your virus protection - all at the same time." They are saying the options available in the Inspiron 546 will let you do all those things on a budget. Not that you need the quad-core to do it. While it is debatable if you even need a dual-core...Toms drew attention to only part of the ad that supported their title for this article.[/citation]
You can do all those three trivial tasks on a single core. In fact, you can do all of those trivial tasks on a 5 year old Pentium 4. These are not the right kinds of tasks that would properly differentiate that computer from, say, the computer that the person may have already.

So, yes. Advertising fail.

 

[Guest]

Tell that to my SINGLE CORE Pentium 4 that I've been running Ubuntu on for the last 3 years non-stop. In other words, people are advertising pawns!

 

[hemelskonijn]

I thought you needed at least a flux capacitor driven micro mini sub atomic super main frame desktop based unix running MSX 3 computer to do that!

 

[ahmednewten]

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they forgot mention Spider solitaire or they mean editing your picture with Photoshop "quad core could help now"

What they did not mention that all this programs do not support Multi-core processing.

 

[spoofedpacket]

Ahh, another 'rage against teh marketing' article.

/me yawns at all these horrible examples of what multitasking is and is not. Some people spend way too much time worrying about what is in an ad.

 

[dushan]

Ha ha ha, Tomshardware(Marcus Yam) you didn't understand well. Dell say you need a Athlon Dual-Core x2 or any other CPU up to a Phenom II X4, to do all the things like emailing etc at the same time. Meaning Dual-Core can do all that things at the same time, but you can buy a Quad-Core CPU if you want.
Great 1th april joke, but it's 10th.
Greets from Serbia.