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Every now and then you read, that the maximum you need on a desktop are two cores and that quadcore mainly is a nice marketing idea. That’s probably true, if you use Word or Games mainly. For Word, even an Intel Atom processor is enough. As a Web developer which usually has some batch jobs running, a database, memached, Eclipse, Firefox and VMware with Windows to do tests, you will see that the four cores are worth the money, however!

This screenshot was taken during a work session:

After 8 lost years, the US might finally be back on track. As one of my colleagues in the US put it:
“:) I woke up today thinking things are going back to normal”
Another one said:
” I certainly hope there is anything but normal! Obama inspires people to be better. It is time for the US to be less selfish, and more global citizen. I cannot wait! ”