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So, I've been out of the PC game for some time. I'm not familiar with the i7's at all or what, if any, the benefit over a quad-core system would be and if that benefit would help me.
I'm trying to spec a workstation for myself since I got the Go from my boss. I run 4 monitors and use a ATI FireMV 2400 PCI card to handle that task. It sucks. I also have a habit of running a combination of anywhere from 20-40 instances of IE/Firefox/office apps/pdf/explorer/telnet/hyper term/putty/cmd/etc at a time.
I need to understand if the i7 would get me anything over a quad-core and if a quad-core would even get me anything over a dual-core. I'm limited to ordering from Dell also, and if I go i7 I have to go with vista if that makes any diffrence. I know a better graphics card (or two) would help a lot also.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks.
So, I've been out of the PC game for some time. I'm not familiar with the i7's at all or what, if any, the benefit over a quad-core system would be and if that benefit would help me.
I'm trying to spec a workstation for myself since I got the Go from my boss. I run 4 monitors and use a ATI FireMV 2400 PCI card to handle that task. It sucks. I also have a habit of running a combination of anywhere from 20-40 instances of IE/Firefox/office apps/pdf/explorer/telnet/hyper term/putty/cmd/etc at a time.
I need to understand if the i7 would get me anything over a quad-core and if a quad-core would even get me anything over a dual-core. I'm limited to ordering from Dell also, and if I go i7 I have to go with vista if that makes any diffrence. I know a better graphics card (or two) would help a lot also.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks.