On 8 Aug 2006 at 17:12, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 08 Aug 2006, at 5:01 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > and the CPU was a > > 2.8GHz with an 800MHz frontside bus > > Was it a Core Duo? You can't compare Core Duo chips to previous Intel > offerings using MHz alone (which is, BTW, why it would be useful to > be able to search Dell's site by processor). The Core Duos give > *far* more bang-per-MHz than Pentium 4's or Pentium M's.
No, not a duo core, but why do I care? We're talking a low-cost machine here that is able to run all current apps very fast, and will be able to run future apps quite fast. In any event, just to check, I reran the same quote (the previous numbers were from May 17th and were for the E310) to see what I could get for c. $800. The E510 model comes with a dual core processor and is a bit more expensive. It was quite easy to get a system with monitor and 1GB of RAM for just over $800. By upgrading from the base- level CPU (Pentium® D Processor 805 with Dual Core Technology (2.66GHz, 533FSB) that raises the price *with monitor* to $898. You can't buy it without the monitor, and the May quote only took $20 off the price if you removed the monitor, so they are basically giving away the monitors. In any event, it's pretty comparable to the Mac Mini and includes a monitor, though it's not as clear a distinction as the non-dual-core box I was basing my earlier comparison on. The Intel chip is clearly a pretty expensive component. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
