i3 vs i5 processor

[kk.]

would i personally notice much difference between these two? i dont know if its worth spending the extra £90 on upgrading. I would be using the laptop for documents, internet browsing, watching online TV and only the small bit of gaming. Id probably hook the laptop up to a second monitor too.

Thanks

[Jam]

No. An i3 will do just fine for all those.

[Apple]

I'm still on core 2 duo 3.06 and I do all of that stuff, it does everything instantly, very very fast and reliable for what I do. So really an i3 should be more than enough.

[HotelUser]

I'm on a core 2 duo 2.4ghz that serves me well with speed. an i3 should be a dreamride. An i5 a dreamride on steroids

[kk.]

The i3 would be on a 2.26ghz, though I don't think that this will make much of a difference. I should be having 4gig of ram too

[Apolva]

I was under the impression that Core 2 Duo would come between i3 and i5 in terms of general performance, and that i3's are an alternative to the current budget lines, no?

[Recursion]

The i3 beats Core2Duo based chips hands down in terms of performance, price and power draw.

[Apple]

The i3 beats Core2Duo based chips hands down in terms of performance, price and power draw.

What the hell are people doing on computers these days? If i3 is more than enough for anything I do then why would someone need an i7, I bet anything an i7 can do an i5 can also do, but when it comes to multiple things at the same time then you will notice?

[Recursion]

What the hell are people doing on computers these days? If i3 is more than enough for anything I do then why would someone need an i7, I bet anything an i7 can do an i5 can also do, but when it comes to multiple things at the same time then you will notice?

Huh? :S

Most newer games need a quad core or more to run at maximum settings, of course, Mac users wouldn't know about the likes of Crysis, Just Cause, Shattered Horizon etc etc.

I also use my quad core to run virtual machines when I'm learning about something where I need more than one or two computers, I fold for the cause sometimes and it halves the time it takes to encode a video than a dual core.

Yes, I can notice the difference between my Core2Duo MacBook and my Core2Quad PC.

[MrPinkPanther]

Mac users wouldn't know about the likes of Crysis, Just Cause, Shattered Horizon etc etc.

Yep cause you can't get a Mac with 12 2.93GHz cores, 32GB RAM and a ATI Radeon HD 5870.