The main difference between i5 and i7 is the fact that i7 has hyperthreading and i5 does not. There is quite nice short but informative article here:
http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/48391.aspx Also, if you are giong to be using Virutualization software on this machine it is helpful to have the hardware support in the CPU so be sure to check that on the specific model of CPU you decide on. Andy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
