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I am looking to get a new laptop for work. I will be mostly programming in Visual Studio 2010 and have 2 options:
- ThinkPad W510 with i7-720QM processor
- ThinkPad T410 i7-620M (2.66GHz, 4MB L3, 1066MHz FSB)
Any suggestions on which one is better to go with? It will usually be hooked into a docking station in my office, and I don't do much travelling, though I sometimes work from home directly on the laptop.
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
2+1 for HD as bottleneck and using Ultrbay for second drive. Makes a huge difference – Dave M – 2011-02-14T19:20:56.110
I heard that quad core can have negative effects on performance - is this really true? My concern is that the W510 is quad... – thinking_pad – 2011-02-14T19:23:51.620
@thinking_pad - Uh, quad core HURTING performance? This is news to me. – Shinrai – 2011-02-14T20:07:28.647
@Shinrai, @DaveM - See here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/450403-i7-620m-vs-720qm.html, basically each core is slower so if you are using an application that doesn't leverage 4 cores (possibly Visual Studio), it could be slower...
– thinking_pad – 2011-02-14T20:18:00.7101@thinking_pad - OH. in the case of these two chips, yeah, okay, raw core for core performance. I was thinking you were saying you'd heard quad core REGARDLESS OF CLOCKSPEED hurt performance haha. That said, I think I still agree with Shiki - the W510 has oomph in other places that you're likely to appreciate, and is a sturdier machine. And the hard drive really IS the bottleneck. – Shinrai – 2011-02-14T20:55:05.160