Comments on: Deciding Between an i5 vs i7 Processor: Is The i7 Worth The Extra Money? http://www.pcmech.com/article/deciding-between-i5-vs-i7-processor/ Tech Powered Life... Simplified Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Johnhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/deciding-between-i5-vs-i7-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-83572 John Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:49:34 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=17521#comment-83572 What about power requirements? Which versions are the least power hungry? What about power requirements? Which versions are the least power hungry?

]]> By: Lonniehttp://www.pcmech.com/article/deciding-between-i5-vs-i7-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-82454 Lonnie Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:04:27 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=17521#comment-82454 Thanks for a Good Techbuy Info-spot. Even a lot of so-called 'Tech-Savvy' people are really too ashamed to admit that they are merely buying based on Marketing Splash--not true Technical Insight.I ended up settling on an i5 instead of i7 mainly based on cost, coupled with an honest appraisal of what I would ACTUALLY DO with the PC. (Large Database work & Archival Image Processing)Most other people who want a PC bristle when I tell them that they don't NEED to spend the extra money for the i7 Laptops or PC's when I know that the most intensive thing they'll ever do is watch movies on Netflix. Thanks for a Good Techbuy Info-spot. Even a lot of so-called ‘Tech-Savvy’ people are really too ashamed to admit that they are merely buying based on Marketing Splash–not true Technical Insight.

I ended up settling on an i5 instead of i7 mainly based on cost, coupled with an honest appraisal of what I would ACTUALLY DO with the PC. (Large Database work & Archival Image Processing)

Most other people who want a PC bristle when I tell them that they don’t NEED to spend the extra money for the i7 Laptops or PC’s when I know that the most intensive thing they’ll ever do is watch movies on Netflix.

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