The latest PCWorld ad.

[Rastalovich]

Now I`ll agree, under the present circumstances, c2d is one of the better bits of mashed microism u can stick in u`r mobo.

Onto the PCWorld claim:

"C2D allowing u to run several demanding applications at the same time"

Name 7 (I`ll use 7, but to me several could mean 6,7,8 - around 7) demanding applications u can run at the same time.

I`ll accept 1 game, as pcs don`t like u running more than 1 game at a time in general (still). If u want to call a game an app... maybe not. Aslong as it works from desktop and doesn`t stop what it`s doing whilst u do something else.- ooo tuff choice.

EDIT: AND I mean run, I don`t mean start up and ly there doing nothing.

 

[nathan]

Access

Excel

Groove

Infopath

Onenote

Outlook

Powerpoint

Publisher

Word

 

[Rastalovich]

Access

Excel

Groove

Infopath

Onenote

Outlook

Powerpoint

Publisher

Word

All the office applications u atleast have listed there do nothing when u click out of them.

Try setting Outlook to check for mail every... mmm 30 seconds and see how bad u`r evening goes.

 

[nathan]

All the office applications u atleast have listed there do nothing when u click out of them.

what if i was saving all at the same time?

 

[ai_01]

i think they misplayeds the word apps, with processes... :rollingla

 

[Rastalovich]

what if i was saving all at the same time?

They`ll w8 til the other has finished to do it, generally.

 

[Dav0s]

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=5376

the funniest thing about the latest adverts is the laptop one, where at the end the customer says "and its a toshiba!", the saleman says "exactly!"

id file an advertising complaint if i thought it wd make a difference.

 

[nathan]

an app can be a process. or at least i think.

 

[ai_01]

yes but ur comp runs like 20-30 of em in the background.

 

[Rastalovich]

I find it annoying, coming from a multitasking background, that if u got a game running (now I know it`s beyond a demanding app, it`s more like a resource hog) - let`s say TotalWar - any of them, if u goto the desktop to do something quick, it saves out all the settings of the game and reloads them when u go back. That`s not multitasking, that`s not even pre-emtive.

Let`s try running these on u`r c2d:

Rar a 1g folder.

Check for mail too frequently.

Virus check u`r system.

Use a downloader like Torrent or Limewire.

Play a dvd.

.... struggling now...

Fold.

Then write a word document, with formating n`stuff.

at the same time.

 

[Sticky Mick]

Mediaplayer running a video

A full system scan with Ad-Aware

Downloading a 600MB file

Rendering a complex scene in 3DS Max

There's 4 and I bet it's ground to a shuddering stop, because none of these will be sitting idle.

 

[nathan]

buy its not just the cpu that is holding it back, the main bottleneck is still the hard drives.

 

[Rastalovich]

Use 4 hard drives with their own control, use dvd for the movie.

hehe it`ll still sludge.

 

[FarFarAway]

I can have this running:

iTunes

Dual F@H

Firefox with 8+ Tabs

MSN - a few convo's

GAIM - a few convo's inc IRC

CoreTemp

LimeWire

Fireworks (using it)

Photoshop (batching)

CrystalControl

That's a fair load on most systems and mine seems not to "chug to a halt", even with just one SATA drive

Still...the PCW adverts do suck

 

[nathan]

couldnt agree more about pc world add suck. there cheesy too!

 

[Rastalovich]

Ya, to be fair tho Kempster, if PCWorld sold u`r pc, we`d need a mortgage to afford it

 

[equk]

The pcworld adverts really annoy, it's almost as bad as the people who go on QVC selling pc's and vista, making it up as they go.

Altho if you're ever bored and need cheering up, you can just go into pcworld and ask some questions about computers and laugh at the answers they make up.

 

[Sticky Mick]

Altho if you're ever bored and need cheering up, you can just go into pcworld and ask some questions about computers and laugh at the answers they make up.

That's my fave hobby

Try makin up your own questions like "Does the motherboard support ALF RAMC?" (Alf Ramsey)

 

[Rastalovich]

I can have this running:

iTunes

Dual F@H

Firefox with 8+ Tabs

MSN - a few convo's

GAIM - a few convo's inc IRC

CoreTemp

LimeWire

Fireworks (using it)

Photoshop (batching)

CrystalControl

That's a fair load on most systems and mine seems not to "chug to a halt", even with just one SATA drive

Still...the PCW adverts do suck

MSN and IRC aint demanding, neither are browsers with 20 tabs open, unless u write a script to refresh all the pages or summit.

My mobile phone runs msn and browser and mediaplayer ARM processor

 

[nathan]

its not actually physically possible to run 7 "demanding" apps at the same time. if its dual core then it can only run 2 threads and will keep switching to each app.