This is why you need Quad Core

[TGSoldier]

 

[Luckystar]

Surely a Core 2 Duo could do all that and more

 

[osholt]

Yet another reason not to buy Dell

 

[bassfisher6522]

My AMD dual core does that and more just fine. If you want more cores just check this bad mama jama out.....


Intel BX80613i7980X Core i7 980X Extreme Edition Processor - 3.33GHz, LGA 1366, 6.4GT/s QPI, 12MB L3 Cache, Six Core, HyperThreading, Gulftown, Retail CPU w/ Fan at TigerDirect.com

 

[alwinwinjoe]

This is another example of Dell's advertisements to lead people into buying their products. Even my CPU can do that and more...

 

[patio]

I believe it was Humor folks...

 

[RST101]

I would say it was tongue in cheek too.

 

[TGSoldier]

I believe it was Humor folks...

At least someone got it. :shock:

 

[Fantail]

I say we put the Dell dude & the Flying Spaghetti monster in a dome and let them duke it out.

 

[mitchell65]

Dual Core is fine until you start doing sophisticated video editing with seriously large files, complex 3D transitions and numerous overlays. That's when a quad comes into its own but often you need to tweak the system to get all 4 cores running together and sharing the load!

 

[fseal]

I think people were responding to the ad indicating the need for it, not taking the poster seriously

It is sad, but it's probably getting harder and harder to sell new hardware. The /need/ for speed is dwindling as the hardware is outpacing most peoples requirements by miles now. Real power users of course never have enough but we've gone WAY beyond the power necessary to read email, edit a picture and run your AV at once

And if you advertise that your new machine is perfect for editing 4 streams of video or poster sized imaged in photoshop, most people will KNOW that's way too much machine for their meger needs and pass on it.

 

[smarteyeball]

I believe it was Humor folks...

I would say it was tongue in cheek too.

And I believe this point was missed by a few people

 

[scoopeeedoo]

:roflmao: for the ad...!

 

[Little Darwin]

My netbook with an Atom processor does all those things at the same time. I didn't even know it was a quad core!

 

[bassfisher6522]

and here I thought it was a serious post.....it got me....is that satire humor or just humor, I cant tell....lol.

 

[smsff7]

and here I thought it was a serious post.....it got me....is that satire humor or just humor, I cant tell....lol.

Same here

 

[pparks1]

That ad is very misleading because to do all that, in addition to a quad core...we all know that you also need
1). very large case
2). extra cooling fans (at least 5)
3). 8-12GB of RAM
4). Minimum of an 850W Power Supply

and

5). SSD drive if you want to do it quickly or an SSD RAID array if you want to do it fast.

 

[ACR731]

I see the humor in the OP. However, the ad is possibly true if you consider all the crapware a new Dell PC comes preloaded with. The PC is so overloaded with bloat and crap at first a quad system may not even be enough to make it run properly.

 

[pdxireland]

you could do that with this !
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fmg

 

[rev1775]

yes, but can that quad core play this game??? Probably not~~

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I remember having one of these computers before going to the commodor 64