Hi
Thank you to an alert student who supplied this info about Macs:
Since I am on a Mac, I thought I might just relay this information to you. To find the system info, all you have to do is bring up 'About this Mac' under the Apple menu. There will be a dialog box which will display basic processor and memory info but there is an option to display 'More info...'. This brings up an application called 'System Profiler.' There you have every piece of relevant hardware info you could wish for in 'Hardware Overview.' This does include size and speed of cache, the bus speed, etc. For RAM speed, you can click on the memory tab in the drawer to the left.
Why would you want cpu info? Say you buy a new laptop. How much faster is it than your old machine? And your next computer after that? Or, say you're trying to decide which computer to buy, and of course, running Matlab rapidly is now your top priority. You need as much info as you can get about this computer and its cpu to accurately compare one vs another to evaluate their relative performance.
You can find comparisons of cpu performance at places like www.tomshardware.com, which has been accused of having "the mother of all cpu charts."
RJB
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