[citation][nom]alvine[/nom]I'm upgrading from my q6600 when 32nm comes out[/citation]
I'm upgrading from my Athlon XP 2600+ when 32nm comes out!
The animal still runs XP after 6 years of nearly 24/7 operation!
I think it'll be a pain to part! Perhaps I can switch it with the Nano platform,to not feel the overwhelming technological improvements of the last decennia!
How can I still make coffee in the mornings before my pc has booted up, if it boots within 50 seconds?
No,serious, I'd probably rather want this newer technology over a Corei7,even if it appears to be lower in performance; I hope it's power savings will be more then obvious!
I myself am pretty satisfied with the performance of current core2duo processors and see no reason why I'd ever jump in the corei7 boat, unless I'd buy a demanding game...
Even then, crysis is not my thing, and there hasn't been a single game lacking in framerates on a Radeon 4850 connected to my 1280x1024 monitor.
And if there ever was, it probably runs on very high detail settings,which I no doubt could lower without missing too much eye candy!