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[Mr Spoon]

I too think hardware has come to a stalling point.

The problem is the other hardware. USB3 is great, but my two year old DSLR isn't USB3. My 5+ year old mp3 player isn't even USB2... hell I don't even know if my latest Galaxy Nexus is USB3.

And as has been stated already, the majority of software just uses one thread of the CPU anyway, so the others are wasted. When I know I can encode a full HD video and do various other tasks at the same time, then I will be impressed

Saying that, if I am in luck I'll be spending about £1000 on a PC this year.

[booboo]

I've got 2 of the latest macbook airs, one has the i7 1.8ghz and the other has the 1.7ghz i5. I cannot tell any performance difference between them.

I actually think the i5 is faster (but this could because my i7 machine has been on for over 31 days).

But yeah, at the moment it seems very minimal, and like others have said the SSD is definitely the most noticeable performance boost!

[TheLegendOfMart]

Yeah,

I "upgraded" from a Core i5 750 to a Core i5 2400 and I haven't really noticed any difference, I used to read up about all the tech and keep up with the latest Chipsets/CPUs/Graphics by buying them 3-6 months after launch but I'm still rocking my Core i5 and ATI 5850 and it does everything i want it to do, it might not do it in Ultra graphics settings but i gave up caring about it long ago.

[StrikedOut]

I would still happily be running a Q9300 if my MoBo haddnt died on me. Couldnt source a replacement so upgraded to i5. Dont see me upgrading the CPU for a while, the GPU and HDD however....