[PLUG] Do I want a quad-core Core-2 system?

[Aaron Burt]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 05:04:46PM -0800, Eric House wrote:
> I'm looking closely at Dell's "Optiplex 760" system.  It's available
> in two smallish form-factors, one "ultra small" that'll fit on a
> bookshelf and a "small" that won't.  But only the latter is available
> with a core-2 *quad* processor.  Anybody have experience or strong
> feelings about how badly I'll wish I had four cores over the next few
> years?

That looks like a nice model line.  Even comes with DisplayPort.
I'd be surprised if you find yourself wanting the quad-core, but I bet you
a box of Soylent Green that you'll want the extra DIMM slots and the PCIe
slot in the "Small" system.