Is there really a difference between this and the 4th generation besides processor?
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Personally I don't see enough difference between my 1st generation and the last to warrant a change. If photo quality is your concern then maybe it's a difference. I have photos and they are more than good enough for me. Like I said, what are you using it for and what apps are most important to you (personal preferences). I haven't found anything that I wold consider to be a show stopper between the first and last. I prefer the first, second and third generations size and sturdiness to any after that.
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Unless you pick it out at a retail store such as the Microsoft Store or Best Buy, you cannot be guaranteed the new CPU. However, in reality, there is no perceptible difference between the CPUs except on some arcane benchmarks. Real world use will show no difference. But I respect your desire for the "latest and greatest" and applaud you for asking this intelligent question.
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This is a quad core, not 8 core. Intel typically is a little ahead of AMD in terms of innovation, but at this price level, you probably won't be able to see a difference.
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The processor speed will not make a difference to most home users who surf the web, e-mail, or watch videos. You may notice a slight difference if doing video or audio editing/rendering. In my opinion, the difference is not worth the price premium.
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Not way too sure but the difference between it and the 5th generation is the 4th doesn't have a camera built in it.
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Overall there is no difference with the exception of graphics. However, there isn't much of a difference in graphics. Whatever version you decide to get it will be the same.
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The 5th generation has a better display when compared to the specs of the 4th - I find the 4th to have a great display though. The 5th generation has a faster processor (A5 chip-this is not as fast as the most current A6 processor) and RAM (512mb) whereas the 4th generation has a slower chip/processor (A4) and 256mb of RAM. The size is a difference as well as the 5th generation has a 4 inch display making it slightly larger (longer) than the 4th generation. The cameras on the 5th generation are 5 megapixel (rear) and 1.7 megapixel (front facing) while the 4th generation cameras are &lt;1 megapixel (rear) and VGA (front facing). Hope that cleared things up a bit for you! And I hope I got all the differences right :D
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Mine was, yes. Just be sure to order one that specifies "4th generation", like this product.
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This is the first generation of the Core i7 series. Yet to this day a very powerful processor. Even for process intensive task like image editing.
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I have no direct knowledge of this generation, but the previous generation series 9 13.3 inch was not upgradeable (ram soldered to MoBo) despite a tech support site claiming the opposite. The 15 inch did have removable ram. I'd look forward to seeing teardowns of this model before we will find out for sure.
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A friend of mine has the i7. I think the only real difference is he may get a few more frames per second in certain games. And I read that i7 can multi task better. But I assume that it would only make a difference if you were to run two to three really big programs. But being that I usually just play games or play around in cryengine or 3ds max that the i5 was a smarter purchase.
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I'm wondering the same thing. I just ordered one up but before I tear open the box I need to know which processor it has. I ordered it thinking it was an i7.; After I posted this I noticed that they changed description to an i3.
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they are different computers. almost the same. I think one has a better processor or ram speed. you should try googling it. If I try to explain the whole thing it would take forever. remember the higher number of processor speed and ram the better. good luck
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There's a different chassis & the newer intel processors are basically the main differences. The new alw14 also came with some additional GPU options, 660m instead of the 650m
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No, because the 4th gen chip you have doesn't use the socket the motherboard has.
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The difference is just the screen size but the specs are the same. The machine plays games beautifuly.
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This one has little bit slower processor (Core I7 4700) & but not that much if you compare it to to main dragon edition 2 (the one with I7 4800) but if you are looking for the extreme experience take(the dragon edition 2 extreme) with ( I7 4900 ) , but that one is very expansive & also there is 3k screen editon now (i saw the screen in normal gt70 in retail ) if you want it but i don't know if it is available in Amazon for now.