Help me Win an Argument

[Colbaker]

Hi all,

it’s been a long time since I have worked I computers but I am trying to argue with my Boss that my work machine which has an Intel Pentium N3700 is better than an old pentium 4 running at 2.8Ghz but cannot find the words for it, I am sure I am correct but been out of IT too long now to argue technically why, how would you argue it, am I even correct?

 

[Colbaker]

Thanks for this all, I have a feeling I may also have to explain it to my “IT” manager as well, what’s the best way to explain why my cpu will be better than the P4 technically?

basically when I started 4 years ago I had to sign to say I had at least a Pentium for running at 2.8ghz or equivalent, they have now updated a load of the systems which, even after they assured me would take up no more system resources than the old system it is making my work pc struggle and is always topping out at 100% cpu utilisation, I am try to argue that my system is better than the P4 and avoid upgrading it when I don’t need to, or using my laptop/media pc for it.

 

[Colbaker]

If your work PC is struggling then you need a better PC. This is a business decision as much as a technical one and as they say, a picture paints a thousand words. Show your boss that the CPU is getting easilly maxxed out and suggest a replacement.

I agree and I do have alternative pcs I can use but it’s the principle as I am testing it before a massive 300 people roll out, each one of the 300 people signed their minimum spec sheet which said (and randomly still says) Pentium 4 running at 2.8ghz and 3gb ram, my system is an Intel NUC with the Pentium N3700 and 4gb RAM and struggles. If I were the tester I would have tested it in our minimum spec before starting to upgrade everyone