Only two of the top 20 systems on Amazon’s best-selling notebook list have a quad-core processor, and less than a quarter of all notebooks listed on Newegg have more than two cores. This has been true ...

For a small business, upgrading a computer can often provide the same boost in computing power needed for sluggish systems as a complete computer replacement. One of the best values in upgrades is the ...

Although computers with quad-core processors are typically faster than single-core models, the difference in speed depends on a number of factors. On a very busy system and under ideal conditions, a ...

Intel's Core 2 Duo volley scored a solid hit on AMD, which had dominated the desktop performance segment for a number of years with the Athlon 64. The Core 2 Duo's gaming performance moved Intel out ...

It was not too long ago that the web was buzzing with dual-core versus quad-core debates. Sides were taken and lines were drawn. At that time, one of the main arguments against quad-core processors ...

If I have a computer with a 2.66GHz quad-core processor, will it run my software and games faster than my 3.2GHz single-core Pentium 4? Yes, quad-core CPUs are generally much faster than single-core ...

HP launched nine quad-core servers, including pedestal, rack-mount and blade models. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said the new products promise up to a 50 percent performance gain compared with ...

Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 has some rather large shoes to fill. This newly shipping, relatively low-cost (~$270) quad-core processor from Intel is a replacement for their long-standing price to ...

Apple's refreshed MacBook Air is considerably more powerful than its predecessor, initial benchmarks reveal, with the Core i5 version of the latest models offering a significant performance boost over ...

Apple offers two different 2020 MacBook Air base configurations; one with a dual-core Intel Core i3 processor and one with a quad-core Intel Core i5 processor. Our guide answers the question of how to ...

I'm going to put together a simple system to do some virtualization/server consolidation on my home network. (I've gone from an embarrassing number of boxes to like 3 'servers' now.) From here I want ...

Editors' note: This article originally posted on April 8, 2012, and was updated on December 19, 2012. Open up your wallet today and there are no fewer than five smartphones you can buy running on quad ...