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Intel iProcessors

Morbert · 2011-01-03 01:45:30

I'm thinking of buying a laptop but not really understand the labeling. It cost 200 to upgrade from an i5 2.6 GHz to an i7 1.7 GHz. Why? What does the "7" signify that warrants extra money for a slower clock speed? Thanks

03-01-2011 2:45am

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I'm thinking of buying a laptop but not really understand the labeling. It cost 200 to upgrade from an i5 2.6 GHz to an i7 1.7 GHz. Why? What does the "7" signify that warrants extra money for a slower clock speed?

Thanks

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there are some architectural differences in the processors, like how much cache space there is, what features are included, etc.

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/48391.aspx

That would be a good read

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