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Just upgraded my laptop from an AMD A6 4 core Llano @ 1.5GHz to an Intel Core i7 4 core/8 thread @ 2.4GHz, and it is a world of difference. Battery life is kinda meh, though, but it's worth it considering my usage model.
How can anybody say CPU performance doesn't matter? Even in a general purpose machine, a faster CPU makes things feel a lot snappier. Keep in mind that my old laptop had an SSD, while my new one has a 16GB SSD cache + 1TB 5400RPM HDD, so it's not a storage thing. Both have 8GB DDR3-1600.
GPU performance is really nice, too, with a discrete GTX 660M, but it's nowhere close to enough @ 1080p for the games I traditionally play.
Performance matters!
How can anybody say CPU performance doesn't matter? Even in a general purpose machine, a faster CPU makes things feel a lot snappier. Keep in mind that my old laptop had an SSD, while my new one has a 16GB SSD cache + 1TB 5400RPM HDD, so it's not a storage thing. Both have 8GB DDR3-1600.
GPU performance is really nice, too, with a discrete GTX 660M, but it's nowhere close to enough @ 1080p for the games I traditionally play.
Performance matters!