Electronics

[MsMN]

• 1.83GHz Intel Bay Trail-M N2930 Quad-Core Processor

Is this a good processor?

What is the difference with the I__core's and this one?

Thanks for info..

[Nuttmeg]

This processor is good as long as you don't want to play heavy games.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Celeron-N2930-Notebook-Processor.112088.0.html

Performance

Thanks to the improved performance per clock and the 4 cores, the Celeron N2930 is significantly faster than previous Intel Atoms, e.g. the N2800. Depending on the benchmark, the N2930 competes with AMD Kabini APUs like the A4-5000. For most everyday tasks such as Internet or Office the performance is adequate, but not for complex software or modern games.

[gardenman]

It all really comes down to what you want to use the computer for. For most users any processor on the market is perfectly adequate for most uses. I'm still using a dual core AMD processor that's about seven years old now and it putters along at a typical 4% or so CPU usage per core for most of my normal tasks (web surfing, word processing, etc.). For those tasks I certainly don't need a better processor. When I stream video with it, the CPU usage goes way up and I probably should upgrade the processor, but even then it staggers along nicely and doesn't crash, it just uses a lot more CPU.

CPU's tend not to matter a whole lot for most users. For most users doing "typical" computing tasks you won't see an appreciable difference between an $80 CPU and a $1000 CPU on those tasks. The $1000 CPU will be faster, but it's not like most of us are sitting around twiddling our thumbs now waiting for the CPU to respond. Instead of taking a second to open a window it might open in a tenth of a second, but is saving nine tenths of a second really all that important to you? The slowest functioning part of any computer is the operator. Our computers spend the vast majority of their time waiting for us to tell them to do something. A faster CPU doesn't change that. A faster CPU will ace benchmark tests, but in the real world with real users, the vast majority won't know what they're using, or see any real world difference as a result of a faster CPU.

[glb613]

If you play games, do video or photo editing, a better CPU does mater.

[Nuttmeg]

If you do many tasks at once, you may want a faster processor.