comp processors + such Options

[Toyoca]

hey guys i might get a new pc and im kinda confused about the new processors out there nowadays. i want a pc that could play the newest games for a while and just do everyday internet browsing of course and play movies. im looking @ a xps m1710 that comes with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB). is that fast nowadays? i know theres 3.8+ghz computers out there but hows a mere 2ghz duo processor? 2ghz seems low to me but i guess the stats are different. could someone explain. or do you guys recommend some laptop better less than 2500$? ty

[cjh4l22]

hey guys i might get a new pc and im kinda confused about the new processors out there nowadays. i want a pc that could play the newest games for a while and just do everyday internet browsing of course and play movies. im looking @ a xps m1710 that comes with an Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/4MB). is that fast nowadays? i know theres 3.8+ghz computers out there but hows a mere 2ghz duo processor? 2ghz seems low to me but i guess the stats are different. could someone explain. or do you guys recommend some laptop better less than 2500$? ty

KK I got this ****, I sell computers at bestbuy, so PM me w/all your future questions. but with this one...
yes there are processors like celerons that run like 3.4ghz but this is a 32bit single core processor. the core 2 duo is a 64bit dual core processor. so... if you wanna think about it in terms of ghz, its more like 2ghz x's 2 (b/c of the 64bit vs 32 and b/c of the dual cores vs the single core) so... essentially its like 4+ghz but because its a laptop its not quite that fast. so thats why they run soo expensive (laptops are smaller = more expensive) and it is THE NEWEST technology out right now. personally, i just bought an hp dv6119us. its specs are as follows... AMD 64bit x2 processor (1.6GHz dual core, 64bit processor) 1gig (1024mb) of memory, 80GB SATA Hard Drive (Serial ATA- fastest standard HD out right now) DVD-RW/RAM Drive and a GeForce 6150 graphics card (128MB max shared memory). its got a few other accessories and its one hell of a system for $779!! AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! but feel free to ask me more questions.

oh and as starcraftjunkie said, its true, cpu's aren't really measured in GHz anymore... so my example above is just a raw estimate of comparison.