You probably don't need a quad-core CPU in your laptop. But just in case, Acer's gone and crammed a new Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000 into the new Aspire 8930G laptop.
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"The Q9000 processor is listed at $348, significantly less expensive than the existing QX9300 mobile quad-core processor, which is listed at $1,038, and the Q9100, listed at $851. Both of these processors, however, have 12MB of cache memory, twice the amount of the cheaper Q9000, which integrates 6MB of cache. Generally, the more cache memory, the faster the processor."
12MB? 6MB? Which one is it, Dan? Brooke Crothers, a fellow cnet employee, seems to think differently.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10129536-64.html?subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&part=sphere
Gotta love the loose tongues a cnet. I don't even know which one of you is wrong, because I can't be bothered to look it up myself.
- by Shinster August 16, 2009 9:56 AM PDT
- The Q9000 has 6MB cache.
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(10 Comments)And even a Quad core is sluggish when using video editing software, especially at 1080 resolution.
Onbviously Dan is a web surfer and not a power user.
How is Dan Ackerman, a DJ, qualified to be a tech reviewer.
I wonder if he even knows how the cache works.