Re: Difference between T2300 and T2400

On 7 May 2006 at 13:35, Jon (Jon Paris <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>) commented about 
[PCTECH] Difference between T2300 and T2400:

> I'm comparing a couple of different laptops and am seeing huge ($300+) price
> difference between one using the Intel Core Duo T2300 and another using the
> T2400 chip set.  The relative speeds are 1.66 and 1.83 respectively.  In all
> other aspects the two configs appear identical.  Does such a tiny difference 
> in
> speed really make this much difference?  If you look at the price of the chips
> themselves it would appear not but ...
> 
> On this basis I can buy the cheaper machine and take the memory up to 1.5
> Gig and up the hard drive to 7200 RPM for less than the cost of the extra
> CPU horsepower!  Given that WDSC is really memory hungry that would seem
> like a good idea.
> 
> Is the extra horsepower really worth it given that the only graphics I am
> interested in come from playing movies?
> 
> If it matters the machines are ThinkPads.

Hi Jon,

There is a performance test that was done here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=44275
Look at the last entry on the page.

According to them the difference is not worth the money.

Gary Kuznitz

> Jon Paris
> Partner400
> 
> www.Partner400.com
> www.RPGWorld.com 
> 
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