Intel's Core i7 on a scale of 1-10 = YES

The Core i7 is an entirely redesigned quad core chip from Intel that was released to the masses about two weeks ago.

Possibly the biggest perk to the i7 series of processors is that the memory controller is integrated in the processor... That probably went way over most of your heads...

(If you understand how a processor works, please skip this analogy as it will be a waste of time.)

To better understand how a computer works, please read below:

Data is stored and accessed in Memory. When you open a document, data is retrieved from the memory and sent to the processor for execution, and out pops your document.

In this analogy:
You = Data
Your house = Memory
Your place of work = Processor
Congested freeways = Old Technology (Front Side Bus)

Think of the processor as your place of work. Say your commute lasts 20 Minutes due to overcrowded freeways and such. Now imagine if your place of work put in a road from your house to the office exclusively for you to use, completely eliminating the overcrowded and congested freeways. Now your commute takes only 5 minutes. Pretty cool right?

Intel has done away with all the 'congested freeways' of their old technology and provided a way for data to be accessed directly from the processor allowing for significantly faster throughput. They call this technology the QuickPath Interface.

Throughput:
How much data the computer can process in a given time.

Basically the processor is significantly faster and more efficient than previous chip updates. Some are comparing this to the Pentium 3 to Pentium 4 architecture leap Intel made 8 years ago.

If your looking to drop 3 Bens on the processor alone, the i7 is the way to go.

I'm gonna wait until the price drops some...

Thanks for reading!!!