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Kristy
02-07-2014, 09:59 AM
http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/256114-intel-core-i5-2500k.jpg

Looking to buy a new laptop today since my old one is well, it kicks ass. Anyway anyone know shit about the Intel i5 (Ivy Bridge CPU)? It has to be better than those piece of shit AMD "processors" (which well be well for most of you and your porn watching/endless masturbating). Looking to spend @$700-$800 - and no fucking pretentious Starbucks-fronting Mac Books - with a 17" monitor screen plus another $200 for software mumbo-jumbo. Need something reliable to run Excel speadsheets with no fucking hang ups.

So anyone of you - or should I say, any one of you with a god damn job use an i5 Intel?

VAiN
02-07-2014, 11:07 AM
I use them in my Macs and I hate Starbucks. Cut back on the weed and get a MacBook Air. You can download the iWork apps. They're only $20 and can open/save as any Office format.
Take 5 min and check them out before firing back about how elitist they are.

Kristy
02-07-2014, 11:28 AM
I will never buy a god damn Mac. Pretentious pieces of shit every one of them - much like an AMD processor. I'm more interested in the i5 speed and ability to handle graphics (no gaming, no porn). Doesn't not matter much what the fuck I buy between brands - Toshitba, HP, Dell, (well, Toshitba is definitely Rethuglicon) - they are all the same except for a few bells and whistles so, again, it comes down to the god damn processor.

Mac Air Seriously dude, seek therapy for your mid life crisis.

ELVIS
02-07-2014, 11:33 AM
Get a Mac...

Kristy
02-07-2014, 11:35 AM
Get fucked, gadfly.

VAiN
02-07-2014, 12:50 PM
Stick to windoze 8 you miserable cunt, you deserve it.

FORD
02-07-2014, 12:56 PM
Dell is more Republican than Toshiba. Their CEO was a close personal friend of the Chimp. And not that it matters so much with laptops, but their desktops are proprietary crap that's not compatible with anything else. Kinda like Macs in that respect, actually (but not as good)

Kristy
02-07-2014, 01:02 PM
Stick to windoze 8 you miserable cunt, you deserve it.

Is there anything more sad in life than a middle-aged Mac user?

Guitar Shark
02-07-2014, 01:58 PM
Is there anything more sad in life than a middle-aged Mac user?

How about a bulimic attention whore cynic with gender identity issues?

LoungeMachine
02-07-2014, 05:20 PM
How about a bulimic attention whore cynic with gender identity issues?

:lmao:

Mushroom
02-07-2014, 05:30 PM
http://www1.pcmag.com/media/images/256114-intel-core-i5-2500k.jpg

Looking to buy a new laptop today since my old one is well, it kicks ass. Anyway anyone know shit about the Intel i5 (Ivy Bridge CPU)? It has to be better than those piece of shit AMD "processors" (which well be well for most of you and your porn watching/endless masturbating). Looking to spend @$700-$800 - and no fucking pretentious Starbucks-fronting Mac Books - with a 17" monitor screen plus another $200 for software mumbo-jumbo. Need something reliable to run Excel speadsheets with no fucking hang ups.

So anyone of you - or should I say, any one of you with a god damn job use an i5 Intel?

Wow I'm impressed you could afford.

Mushroom
02-07-2014, 05:32 PM
The only problem with my Mac is the screen is so fucking huge.

I have noticed that just about every function in a Mac is one less keystroke than windows. Anyways, I use both.

Mushroom
02-07-2014, 05:34 PM
I will never buy a god damn Mac. Pretentious pieces of shit every one of them - much like an AMD processor. I'm more interested in the i5 speed and ability to handle graphics (no gaming, no porn). Doesn't not matter much what the fuck I buy between brands - Toshitba, HP, Dell, (well, Toshitba is definitely Rethuglicon) - they are all the same except for a few bells and whistles so, again, it comes down to the god damn processor.

Mac Air Seriously dude, seek therapy for your mid life crisis.

I personally don't do graphics but my friends that are graphics art designers all swear by the Mac. Have you tried one????

VAiN
02-07-2014, 05:34 PM
The only problem with my Mac is the screen is so fucking huge.

I have noticed that just about every function in a Mac is one less keystroke than windows. Anyways, I use both.

I have a 27" iMac with another 27" screen next to it at work. Can't have enough real estate! At home I use a 27" iMac and 13" MacBook Air. It's sad, just.. So sad.

vandeleur
02-07-2014, 05:37 PM
Am impressed, you start a thread asking for help then still kick off with people when they try to help............ well done .
:D

Mushroom
02-07-2014, 05:42 PM
I have a 27" iMac with another 27" screen next to it at work. Can't have enough real estate! At home I use a 27" iMac and 13" MacBook Air. It's sad, just.. So sad.

Oh I am spoiled at work with two displays. Some associates have three.

VAiN
02-07-2014, 05:46 PM
Oh I am spoiled at work with two displays. Some associates have three.

There's an IT guy at my place with what we call the 'Command Center'.. He has 6 screens! 2+2 stacked and one book ending each end turned longways.. It's ridiculous.

Kristy
02-07-2014, 09:57 PM
I have a 27" iMac with another 27" screen next to it at work. Can't have enough real estate! At home I use a 27" iMac and 13" MacBook Air. It's sad, just.. So sad.

And yet, you have a 2" penis.

Kristy
02-07-2014, 10:01 PM
Am impressed, you start a thread asking for help then still kick off with people when they try to help............ well done .
:D

To be fair, l I did state a disclaimer about those with jobs only answer. That equates to one quarter of one percent of the people who post here. No failed musicians, F A T fucks or hangers on. So what did you expect?

And buying a god damn laptop is more of a pain in the ass then what it's worth. When in the fuck did they stop putting ROM drives in them for "better cooling"?

Nickdfresh
02-07-2014, 11:01 PM
Did you try Wikipedia?

Kristy
02-08-2014, 12:38 AM
There's an IT guy at my place with what we call the 'Command Center'.. He has 6 screens! 2+2 stacked and one book ending each end turned longways.. It's ridiculous.

What are the odds he's never been with a woman?

Seshmeister
02-08-2014, 06:04 AM
If it's just for Excel and winding people up on the internet I don't think you need to spend $800. Get something for half that with Windoze 7 and spend the difference on dope.

VAiN
02-08-2014, 09:30 AM
And yet, you have a 2" penis.

How big is yours?

ZahZoo
02-08-2014, 09:48 AM
I've got 4 systems running on the i5 platform... 1 on Windows 7, home, 2 on Windows 7 Pro and one on Windows 8 home...

All of them run great and the performance is plenty for what we use them for... no major gaming or heavy graphical crap. Even the cheapest... an ASUS Notebook ($350) runs great although I find Windows 8 uses a lot more CPU than Windows 7...

Kristy
02-08-2014, 10:43 AM
How big is yours?

Well, it's made out of rubber...

Kristy
02-08-2014, 10:44 AM
If it's just for Excel and winding people up on the internet I don't think you need to spend $800. Get something for half that with Windoze 7 and spend the difference on dope.

I'd rather have a laptop with Windows 7 problem is they don't don't make them like that anymore.

Nickdfresh
02-08-2014, 10:59 AM
I have an early gen i5 on my gaming laptop I never actually ever game with anymore. I've been very happy with it, although it's beginning to show its age. I believe the new ones are lightening fast from boot to use whereas mine lags just a bit but is no slouch...

Nickdfresh
02-08-2014, 11:05 AM
If it's just for Excel and winding people up on the internet I don't think you need to spend $800. Get something for half that with Windoze 7 and spend the difference on dope.

Right, an i3 would be fine. I haven't checked, but the pisshole Asus(Anus) machines at work run AMD's I think, and run Excel for me just fine.

Never was
02-08-2014, 11:34 AM
I have a Vaio Flip with an i7, yeah it is hella fast and using my desktop now feels like I am typing on something from the Flintstones. If you have the money the i7 is a really nice chip. You can save money if you grab a screen larger than 13in. which is the most demanded and hence pricer than 14 and 15in models. I avoid AMD, just never had good experiences with them. I do think paying up for the new chip is worth it and extend the useful life of your laptop. If the sucker is disposable in a year or so get the i5.
I'm not a tech person, just a consumer point of view.

Kristy
02-08-2014, 01:02 PM
Never was was never not cool. Vaio's a bit pretentious though - but not Mac pretentious. Whenever I see a Mac user I want to grab them by the back of their skull and repeatedly slam their face into their little Mac keyboard. Yeah, I know I have issues...

Never was
02-08-2014, 02:11 PM
No it is hugely pretentious but I have had good luck with the Sonys. I like the flip aspect of being flat like a tablet and the feel of the onscreen keyboard. I usually hate the touch keyboard but this one had some feedback to it I travel non stop, and work with a lot of billionaire (I advise wealthy families on strategy and investments) so pretentious actually is a plus for me. I really think your time horizon is important, I keep my shit a long time so I usually try to get the newest chip and the i7 for me was noticeably quicker. The Dell flip computer was total crap, awful keyboard, sensitive touchscreen and the screen rotation seems to have a mind of its own.

I share your feelings in regards to Mac but really have no logical explanation except Mac users become so dogmatic it becomes a religion and off putting. I am not a gun person but am happy to hear in some states it is now legal to shoot scientoligists while they are using a Mac Airbook, so I may have reconsider my gun stance.

VAiN
02-08-2014, 02:27 PM
You guys are fucking nuts with your Mac bullshit... Do you really love windoze that much? What's the difference between my preferred platform and yours? You think microsoft is somehow the cool anti-establishment company??

Nickdfresh
02-08-2014, 04:21 PM
Newegg has an i5 Acer laptop on sale for like $529. But it's an Acer. ;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314236&nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS020814&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS020814-_-EMC-020814-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34314236-L04A

Nitro Express
02-08-2014, 04:44 PM
You guys are fucking nuts with your Mac bullshit... Do you really love windoze that much? What's the difference between my preferred platform and yours? You think microsoft is somehow the cool anti-establishment company??

I've had two MAC laptops and never had any problems. The rubber keys on my MacBook Air have worn to where you can't see what some of the letters are. You can buy referbished laptops from Apple and save some money.

MS Office for Mac is well written. I do spread sheets just fine and I've been doing spreadsheets since the Lotus 123 days running on a 386. Remember the Turbo Button on those to make them run faster? LOL!

jhale667
02-08-2014, 04:46 PM
I built my system with an i7. No complaints.








:guitar:

Nitro Express
02-08-2014, 04:51 PM
No it is hugely pretentious but I have had good luck with the Sonys. I like the flip aspect of being flat like a tablet and the feel of the onscreen keyboard. I usually hate the touch keyboard but this one had some feedback to it I travel non stop, and work with a lot of billionaire (I advise wealthy families on strategy and investments) so pretentious actually is a plus for me. I really think your time horizon is important, I keep my shit a long time so I usually try to get the newest chip and the i7 for me was noticeably quicker. The Dell flip computer was total crap, awful keyboard, sensitive touchscreen and the screen rotation seems to have a mind of its own.

I share your feelings in regards to Mac but really have no logical explanation except Mac users become so dogmatic it becomes a religion and off putting. I am not a gun person but am happy to hear in some states it is now legal to shoot scientoligists while they are using a Mac Airbook, so I may have reconsider my gun stance.

I use Mac laptops because I always liked them better. Windows is great if you like to customize your system but then that's usually a big box full of fans running games. Sony made a good machine but they just got out of the laptop business. No money in them. Apple is at the advantage of being both the hardware and software manufacture. It's what makes them strong in the portable device market. Microsoft wants to put everyone on their cloud and lease a user service. Sounds convenient but now nobody trusts corporations and probably wants their information stored on their local hard drive.

jhale667
02-08-2014, 04:54 PM
Windows is great if you like to customize your system but then that's usually a big box full of fans running games.

Not gaming, built my system for Pro Tools, but if you use a hydro-cooler no need for extra fans.

Nitro Express
02-08-2014, 05:01 PM
Not gaming, built my system for Pro Tools, but if you use a hydro-cooler no need for extra fans.

Well that's the thing with PC's. You make what you want and you also save money doing it. The thing is the market is full of all sorts of different types. People who build their own systems typically aren't Apple people. Apple is here it is and no you can't change it. But Apple is more of a portable device company now. That's where they are making their money. Microsoft still makes most it's money off of MS Office. I don't see the PC going away. It's got it's niche.

Kristy
02-08-2014, 06:03 PM
You guys are fucking nuts with your Mac bullshit... Do you really love windoze that much? What's the difference between my preferred platform and yours? You think microsoft is somehow the cool anti-establishment company??

Spoken like a true Mac-using prick.

neuralfraud
02-08-2014, 09:54 PM
Not gonna find much graphical perf on an i5 cookie cutter laptop for $800. Not gonna find a screen worth a shit either.

Lenovo W series - i7 cpu, quadro graphics and "95% color gamut display" ...the 95% part being important if you care about the screen not resembling a pile of cat shit.

Theres nothing pretentious about a mac ...just the fanbois who worship them. They do offer the graphics and display quality, quite frankly they can be the best windows laptop out there.

I own a lenovo w520 though and it is simply tits.

If youre limited to $800 then I dont know what to tell you...i5 is just a midrange and most likely bundled with integrated graphics and a sub par display (1366x768 is pathetic yet pretty much the norm these days) so aim for 1920x1080 at least. You do want to keep this thing for more than 6 months before it becomes a hitech paperweight.

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Kristy
02-08-2014, 10:57 PM
Lenovo = Chinese design and shit.

Two, I'm not a gamer. Fuck games. Macs are good is you're going to use those pieces of shit for graphic design or any other computer software that requires delicate snowflake detail. 1080 is marketing gimmick. Other than that, they are still pieces of over priced and over hyped shit. Maybe you praise them for you porn watching. Personally, I would not spend over $300 on a laptop because not one of them are even worth that.

Nitro Express
02-08-2014, 11:19 PM
This is for you Mac haters.

ZahZoo
02-09-2014, 10:08 AM
Lenovo = Chinese design and shit.



Not necessarily... Lenovo is actually IBM's former PC line they sold off a few years ago. They still use a lot of the same Thinkpad architecture.

twonabomber
02-09-2014, 10:38 AM
Newegg has an i5 Acer laptop on sale for like $529. But it's an Acer. ;)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314236&nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS020814&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS020814-_-EMC-020814-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34314236-L04A

I dunno, I've got an Acer Aspire netbook running XP that's been a decent little machine. Don't use it much since I got my tablet though.

No experience with laptops but all the PC's I've built have been AMD, and they're all still going.

Nickdfresh
02-09-2014, 11:11 AM
Not gonna find much graphical perf on an i5 cookie cutter laptop for $800. Not gonna find a screen worth a shit either.

Lenovo W series - i7 cpu, quadro graphics and "95% color gamut display"...

No offense, but who gives a shit? If the graphics are something you need to play Supermario, fine. But for 90% who just want to troll the web a bit and do basic applications, who needs any of that? it's like buying a new BMW 7-Series when you only drive to the corner market once a week...

Nickdfresh
02-09-2014, 11:16 AM
I dunno, I've got an Acer Aspire netbook running XP that's been a decent little machine. Don't use it much since I got my tablet though.

No experience with laptops but all the PC's I've built have been AMD, and they're all still going.

It's probably a decent computer, certainly good enough for a second, on-the-go machine if you already have a desktop (which have shrunk quite a bit in the past few years). I have an old Toshiba with XP that is just so slow now, even after being reformatted and having most data removed. I don't think Windows XP can handle the speed of the net any longer...

Kristy
02-09-2014, 11:27 AM
That is why Micro$oft will no longer be supporting XP after April 4th of this year.

neuralfraud
02-09-2014, 12:02 PM
No offense, but who gives a shit? If the graphics are something you need to play Supermario, fine. But for 90% who just want to troll the web a bit and do basic applications, who needs any of that? it's like buying a new BMW 7-Series when you only drive to the corner market once a week...

That's the problem. At the end of the day, it's about screen space, and the kind of laptops that offer enough pixels to allow truly productive work to be done on them, also happen to be the upper end models. Some people can crunch numbers, write reports, do graphics on low-res screens ...not me. I would be that guy with 6 screens on his desk just because; I write code, build reports, admin hundreds of systems, grep logfiles, blah blah blah. There's just a point where the average laptop display is simply unusable for all but the most trivial things, and that's simply because display tech has been at this point for such a long time, and ever since HD became a buzzword, it's been acceptable to have bullshit resolution simply because it can be called "HD" or "HD+" when in reality, they've been shaving pixels off and charging more for them.

Therefore, if someone wants a good laptop to do any sort of real excel work, word processing, anything, screen becomes the principal factor.

The criteria should therefore be:

1] Screen resolution/size. 1366x768 would be the bare minimum, passable for a 13" display, maybe. 1600x900 is quite a lot better, and might be standard in some laptops within the $800 price range. 1920x1080 or higher (WQHD+, and other meaningless acronyms) obviously being the best, but again the point is how much do you value your screen space/quality? How many cells can be displayed at a given resolution; more is better.

2] memory/storage. Cheap laptops often have little memory, or worse, woefully slow hard disks. This combination results in a miserable user experience. Who wants to wait 10 minutes for their computer to start up and become useful? a 7200 rpm disk is definitely ideal, 4 GB memory also ideal. It's amazing how much memory a browser and a few apps can suck up.

3] CPU/graphics. All modern CPU's are more than capable, however at the mid/low range of the i3 line we really start to see serious performance compromises in order to produce less expensive devices.

Any low profile laptop, "ultrabook" or any other device of the sort is bound to be missing an optical drive.

Most "big brand" manufacturers are bound to be loaded with an absolutely astounding amount of "bloatware" that is often times difficult to remove, dell being a prime example.

Anyway, I digress. To answer the OP's question:

i5 minimum cpu is good enough. Sticking to this cpu range filters out the low end/bullshit devices, including those ridiculous laptop/tablet hybdrids.
1600x900 (HD+) or better resolution, at minimum. Can display 2 documents side-by-side, which is useful.
4+ GB memory, minimum
7200 rpm disk.
Watch for excessive "value added software bundles" which are typically trialware versions and probably lengthen the boot time by 1000%.

Happy shopping.

Kristy
02-09-2014, 12:20 PM
I think you live in 2009 (which is a lot better than 1985 that most people here are lost in). I've looked at Macs and was not too impressed with them for the price. Their sales staff loves to pressure. Again, they are bell and whistle machines with limited software capability and if they fuck up then that's what I call an expensive paper weight. I lived with roommates who used Macs for grad school and and basically all they did with them is write papers everything else was superfluous which is what Macs sell on. Their kEyPAds suck - wear too easily and are really spongy.

HD resolution on a laptop is moot - it's a laptop not a god damn TV plus you can HDMI out to a higher resolution screen is graphics are a must. The one I'm looking as now has a 1600x900 screen with a 2.6 i5 (same as in most Macs) with a 5800 hard drive and 8G for @$600. That's more than enough for my needs. Anyway, Mac or not, two years from now (or less) it will be outdated.

Kristy
02-09-2014, 12:47 PM
Not necessarily... Lenovo is actually IBM's former PC line they sold off a few years ago. They still use a lot of the same Thinkpad architecture.

Flimsy-made pieces of shit. They just feel cheap like failed musician cheap. I'd go so far as to say I'd take a Mac over Lenblowso.