ssal
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I bought a refurbished HP 8470p that came with an Intel Core i7-3720QM 2.6 ghz processor.
When I compared the performance in CPU performance in PassMark, I was surprised to find that this 5 year old beast still out performs some latest entry like the i7-8550U 1.8 ghz, which is found on the newest machines that cost around $1,000.
I am talking about the average day to day business/home laptops. I know the gaming laptops which runs between $1200 to $8000 would out perform mine (not by much). I also understand that the graphics adapter also plays a big part. It seems that Intel has been putting their focus in saving battery life rather than speed. Actually, there are still a bunch of "top-of-the-line" machines using something like a i7-7500U, which resulted in a 65% that of mine.
I spent $252 on the HP that comes with 8gb DRAM, 120gb SSD and a DVD.
When I compared the performance in CPU performance in PassMark, I was surprised to find that this 5 year old beast still out performs some latest entry like the i7-8550U 1.8 ghz, which is found on the newest machines that cost around $1,000.
I am talking about the average day to day business/home laptops. I know the gaming laptops which runs between $1200 to $8000 would out perform mine (not by much). I also understand that the graphics adapter also plays a big part. It seems that Intel has been putting their focus in saving battery life rather than speed. Actually, there are still a bunch of "top-of-the-line" machines using something like a i7-7500U, which resulted in a 65% that of mine.
I spent $252 on the HP that comes with 8gb DRAM, 120gb SSD and a DVD.