I've got around $315 tax refund coming at the end of this month, and I'm buying a new processor. I'm leaning towards an Opteron, but should I spring for a dual-core, or not?
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les aptt2006-03-03 4:39
Some friendly thoughts
As a Mac user with some experience with single/dual core/proc issues poster #2 is right. I'm assuming your OS of choice supports it so you'll likely see improvement there (Boot times etc).
If the apps you use most do not support it then IMO the main reason to go dual becomes "future-proofing" a system you plan on keeping for a while.