I'm facing the need to upgrade my personal development workstation, and

am wondering if there is any advantage to a quad-core processor over a

dual-core for single-user, workstation, development in VFP9, type of

work? Stuff like email, web browsing, VFP application development,

listening to Pandora, etc.

I've built and installed a few quad-core data servers running Linux, and

it is clearly obvious why those applications benefit, but I'm not sure

that the additional $ cost would be a good investment when using a

quad-core processor as a workstation.

Up until recently, the price difference between dual and quad cores made

the decision easy...no. Now the difference is not as bad for the

CPU...even though the i3 and i5 usually need a more expensive RAM and

Mboard to support them.

Then there's the multi-thread benefits...or not.

Opinions? Experiences?

Thanks!

Mike Copeland

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