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In terms of daily performance, which is better, an i7 with 4 GB of ram or an i5 with 6 GB? -- nm

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 16 '11, 11:33

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My next machine will be an i7 with 8GB and a 3TB drive. It will certainly be running 64-bit apps as much as possible. -- nm - not2fast Feb 16, 11:56 1
- Avoid 64-bit office. So many add-ons will not work because they don't have 64-bit versions, only 32-bit -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:59
i7. Most people aren't going to need 4GB or even 6GB -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:41 4
- What if I have Photoshop, Word and Excel open almost constantly? -- nm - David Feb 16, 11:43 3
  - *and* make sure you get the 4GB of RAM in the least number of sticks so that you can later upgrade to 6 or 8 easily without replacing sticks - oblique Feb 16, 11:49
  - also, the i7 is generally at least a quad-core processor, more helpful for Photoshop than an i5 (usually dual core) with more RAM, IMO -- nm - oblique Feb 16, 11:47
  - 4GB is still more than enough, I'd say. *maybe* if you were working on some ginormous photoshop stuff you'd want 6GB but even then you'd need 64-bit - oblique Feb 16, 11:45
I'd say the i7. -- nm - Krusty Feb 16, 11:38
pretty sure it would be the i7 -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 11:37
I just encountered this situation and our IT guys tell me it's the i7. -- nm - Max Feb 16, 11:35 2
- yeah but they're just fuckin with ya -- nm - moles Feb 16, 11:37 1
  - Our server transition is not going smoothly. My boss thinks we should dump them for better experts. - Max Feb 16, 11:39

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