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core 2 duo @3.06 OR core 2 extreme @ 2.5 ghz?

by bryguy178 Jul 18, 2009 11:30AM PDT

Im looking at laptops and i want something powerful for light to medium gaming but i also want the computer to have ok battery life so i was looking at the mac book pro 17 inch and that has a core 2 duo running at 3.06 ghz. but i also looked at a alien-ware area51 laptop whitch has a core 2 extreme running at 2.5 ghz. Witch one is better? Does the core 2 duo in the mac book have somthing less than the core 2 extreme even at a slower clock speed? this seems wierd to me because these high clock speed processors need to keep cooler right?
As of right now i dont know what to.

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Remember that power

by orlbuckeye Jul 20, 2009 5:36AM PDT

and great battery life are opposites. Think about it the more it drains the power from the battery. The things that make a laptop a better gaming machine are the same that give it a short battery life. It gaming is more important then make sure those games run on the machine you want and don't travel far from an electrical outlet.

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