krawhitham Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 18 months ago I bought a 2.8Ghz laptop, today I go shopping and most of the high end laptops are only 1.6Ghz WTF it is a bus speed issue? will programs run as fast on a newer laptop as they do on my current laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 im not sure, was the diff duo core vs single core? ive got a 2.166 duo about 8 months old macbook pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 yeah it is a dual core the highest I can find at bestbuy now is 2.0 Ghz for a PC laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronicMan Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Bus speed is one reason.. Efficiency, size and architecture of the core, cache, etc all affects speed. Higher Ghz also impact how much electricity it needs from the battery. It's similar to the situation between AMD64 (efficiency) VS P4 (processor speed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I just installed a 2.16ghz, dual core, intel t7400. I havent heard of any processors that are being sold that are that high, but I know the highest mobile processor that I can find is a 2.33ghz dual core processor, with 1ghz bus speed. That model is the t7600, and I'm not sure if you are looking for AMD or Intel for processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 I just want to make sure the new laptop will not seems slower than the 2.8 Ghz I have now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmexico Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I would doubt that they'd run at the same speed, but that might work based on whether your current cpu is comaptible with your motherboard, and as compared to the one your buying. What is your current processor? As for explaining how laptop CPU speeds work http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm this seems to be a goodl link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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