should i buy a new computer?

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2011/04/03 22:12:14 (permalink)

should i buy a new computer?

I recently bought a new notebook; it had what i thought was decent speed processor. Well it has a AMD E240 1.5gHz proc running windows 7.. My other notebook which is 5 years old has intel dual core 2 T5550 1.66ghz and 1.67ghz and is noticable faster. I guess i didnt realize that they would put a 1.5ghz proc in a new notebook. you get what you pay for, but still i was really surprised that my old notebook performs better (running vista).. It is actually noticable slower than my old notebook. So.. do you think i should get new computer, and if so, are desktops alot better for sonar or does it make a big difference?  also is the proc speed the MAIN thing i need to be looking at in a notebook, for audio recording?
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    Re:should i buy a new computer? 2011/04/03 22:29:49 (permalink)
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    I recently bought a new notebook; it had what i thought was decent speed processor. Well it has a AMD E240 1.5gHz proc running windows 7.. My other notebook which is 5 years old has intel dual core 2 T5550 1.66ghz and 1.67ghz and is noticable faster. I guess i didnt realize that they would put a 1.5ghz proc in a new notebook. you get what you pay for, but still i was really surprised that my old notebook performs better (running vista).. It is actually noticable slower than my old notebook. So.. do you think i should get new computer, and if so, are desktops alot better for sonar or does it make a big difference?  also is the proc speed the MAIN thing i need to be looking at in a notebook, for audio recording?


    For most folks yes, processor speed lets you do more plugins and softsynths in Sonar.   Memory too if you use big software syths.

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    Re:should i buy a new computer? 2011/04/04 05:00:45 (permalink)
    There's nothing odd in the 1,5 Ghz, but AMD240 is a single core CPU. I guess your old Intel dual core is nearly twice as fast.

    A single core 1,5 Ghz is hardly enough to run any modern DAW (with VSTs) fluently.

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