A dual core with hyper-threading is in my opinion the lowest you should expect. It should be able to handle the default bloat that followed with the machine, and still be up for the task.
Atoms, currently, is a dead end. Performance is sub-par, the only reason I see someone go with it, is its...
Don't confuse the enthusiast market with the mainstream market. I do personally believe that currently (and some years to that) 4 cores is more than enough for the mainstream market. The mainstream market just isn't starved for CPU performance. The additional 4 cores aren't going to make...
Most people wouldn't know what you meant if you asked "Do you care about the TDP of your processor?". It is largely irrelevant for b2c, maybe a few need to look up to see if their old cooler is adequate for the task.
I do think that OEM's care about it tho. So they can put on the crappiest...
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