How important is a computer processor to a casual user?

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Daniel F

I am looking into purchasing a laptop and I found a great deal on an HP dv6, which features an AMD A8-3520M Quad-Core 1.6GHz, 6GB DDR3 Memory, and a 500 GB hard drive. I generally use the laptop for the internet, microsoft office, and watching movies. I may do a LITTLE bit of video editing but it is not significant. How important is that the processor is not an Intel i3, which is more expensive?

Answer
Casual as in typing documents, browsing Facebook, and using YouTube? Not very important-- the laptop you have in mind would be more than sufficient.

If you plan on rendering lots of videos and graphics, playing intensive games and intensive mufti-tasking (where each program is *actively* doing something) however... CPU power would be very important, and that CPU wouldn't be the best for the job.

Would an Acer laptop be good for video editing?

Q. I'm hoping to buy a new Acer laptop that sports 4GB of RAM and the new Intel Core i3. Compared to my current Advent laptop of 3GB and an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T3400, would it be worth buying for one such as myself who does quite a lot of video editing using the following programs: Sony Vegas Pro 10 and Adobe Premiere Pro 9?

Answer
Here is a system requirements for adobe premier latest version CS5
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 requires a 64-bit operating system.
Windows

* Intel® Coreâ¢2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
* 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7
* 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
* 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
* 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
* 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0âcompatible graphics card
* Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
* Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows
* OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
* Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
* DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
* QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features
* Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

So if you have up to this requirements you will surely run it smoothly. I hope it helps.

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