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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1282934" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Just to set the record straight, that particular i3 does have hyper threading and Geekbench scores are about 20-25% higher than the i5 in the MM. </p><p></p><p>i3 <a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/53422/Intel-Core-i3-2100-Processor-(3M-Cache-3_10-GHz)" target="_blank">Intel</a> - <a href="http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/451158" target="_blank">Geekbench</a> (The # of cores shown in that Geekbench score is wrong - it has 2 cores and 4 threads.)</p><p></p><p>It's their new desktop version of the Sandy Bridge i3 - so speed wise it's a nice chip, but to keep the price down they slacked off on the video capabilities and several of the advanced technologies available in the mobile i5 are missing. It's also a 65 watt vs the 35 watt chip in the MM.</p><p></p><p>With the speed of the 2nd gen iSeries chips, pretty much any chip you can pick out of Intel's line up will handle anything 80+% of the buying public need it to do.</p><p></p><p>To me, you might have to buy an optical drive with the MM. But with that HP, it would get a new video card installed before the machine ever got turned on for the first time.</p><p></p><p>To me their are 2 considerations</p><p></p><p>1. Size</p><p>width/length - HP is 15.3" x 6.9' - MM is 7.7" x 7.7"</p><p>height - HP is 16.1" tall - MM is 1.4" tall - no, that's not a typo</p><p></p><p>2. OS X vs Windows - which OS do you want?</p><p>If you're ready for something new - get the MM. I think most folks are glad they did.</p><p>If you're happy and satisfied with what you've been using with no interest in needing to learn again - get the HP. Win 7 is a decent enough OS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1282934, member: 24160"] Just to set the record straight, that particular i3 does have hyper threading and Geekbench scores are about 20-25% higher than the i5 in the MM. i3 [URL="http://ark.intel.com/products/53422/Intel-Core-i3-2100-Processor-(3M-Cache-3_10-GHz)"]Intel[/URL] - [URL="http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/451158"]Geekbench[/URL] (The # of cores shown in that Geekbench score is wrong - it has 2 cores and 4 threads.) It's their new desktop version of the Sandy Bridge i3 - so speed wise it's a nice chip, but to keep the price down they slacked off on the video capabilities and several of the advanced technologies available in the mobile i5 are missing. It's also a 65 watt vs the 35 watt chip in the MM. With the speed of the 2nd gen iSeries chips, pretty much any chip you can pick out of Intel's line up will handle anything 80+% of the buying public need it to do. To me, you might have to buy an optical drive with the MM. But with that HP, it would get a new video card installed before the machine ever got turned on for the first time. To me their are 2 considerations 1. Size width/length - HP is 15.3" x 6.9' - MM is 7.7" x 7.7" height - HP is 16.1" tall - MM is 1.4" tall - no, that's not a typo 2. OS X vs Windows - which OS do you want? If you're ready for something new - get the MM. I think most folks are glad they did. If you're happy and satisfied with what you've been using with no interest in needing to learn again - get the HP. Win 7 is a decent enough OS. [/QUOTE]
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