Reallly? How does a 1.8GHz Core 2 stutter on Youtube HD? The CPU should be powerful enough just to handle it by itself. On my 2.4GHz Core 2 it was using 20% CPU running 1080p Youtube.
*bow* to the person running the Pentium MMX as the main rig.
Wow. What kind of graphics solution?
Oh, and I had to use my Thinkpad 360cse last month, for floppy drive access. Intel 486, baby!!!
It is specifically this laptop:
Inspiron 1525, Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz 533Mhz, 1M L2 Cache)
Addies: 3GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ LCD
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Home Basic
IE8
Latest "DELL" drivers installed, etc.
I can watch youtube videos up to 480 just fine. 720HD and it will stutter/skip frames a couple times per second. (it is not a streaming issue either, plenty of buffer and it does it even when replaying an already downloaded stream)
I "upgraded" to this lappy from a DELL X200 that was a 12" w/800MHz P3. TBH if it weren't for the fact I got a much larger screen and the price was $550 for the Insp1525 versus $2k for the X200 I would have felt like I had just made a side-grade.
My laptop computing experience was not dramatically improved. I only use it for web browsing and some light mathematica stuff.
But it does help me feel like my Q6600 @ 2.4GHz (stock!) main rig is plenty fast :biggrin: