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Laptop as desktop PC without a dock?
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Just be aware that the i5's in laptops are not the same as the i5's in desktop.
the laptop ones are dual core for a start, with desktops being quad core.
and clock for clock they are slower as well as they run in a lower power mode
Ahhh I see, didnt know that. will there be much difference between dual core and quad core? (other than there being 2, and 4 of them) In laymans term please0 -
it really depends on what you are doing.
but assuming the cores are equal, quad core will have twice the processing power over a dual core.
laptop and desktop cores are not equal however. The laptop i7 gets beaten by the desktop's i3. So theres quite a performance gap between the 20
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