Question: I generally know what the different parts of a computer do, but I don't know if this upgrade is worth it? 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo----or----2.0GHz\n512MB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM---or---1GB\n80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive---or----100GB\nATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory---or---with 256MB GDDR3 memory\n-------------\nMy wife wants to use this for photos, videos, scrapbooking...so lots of Photoshop or iPhoto stuff.  We have never owned an Apple product, so we don't know if we should spend $500 to upgrade.  I am not sure if we will be able to tell the difference.  I put the upgrade after the "---or---".  Which are most important for photo/video work she wants to do.  Thoughts?

Answer: Hi,\n\nBecause of the much photo and video editing. I highly recommend you buying the laptop with Intel's Core Duo.\n(Core Duo- is like have two cpu's instead of only one)\n-The more GB of ram the better.\n-Hard Drive I would also go with the bigger 100GB because it's stores a lot more pictures than the 80GB\n-The ATI X1600(video card- If you're a very serious gamer than go with the 256 MB version if you're not a serious gamer than go with 128mb)\n\nLet me tell you why I recommend you the Duo Core instead of the 2.0GHz\nThe Duo Core is right now Intel's newest cpu.The Duo Core was specially made for giving consumers a lot more performance for video editing,photo editing, autocad and lots more.\nNow by having a Duo Core what used to take you perhaps an hour to make(Video Editing), now will take you about 40min.or less.\nSo it really is a big improvement.
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