Hi
The apparent speed with which today's laptop acquire themselves of some tasks is not necessarily due to their multi-core processor.. Really very few a[[lications are optimized, even less OS...
Modern days PCs and laptops are faster because of a few other reasons among them :
Better graphic processors. Graphic cards are equipped witht hteir own processor and their own substantial amount of RAM. The CPU is free from running graphic in today's PC and laptops. The Biard are mini-computer themselves with substantial horsepower.
Faster buses we are from the 133 MHz of 10 years ago
Faster memory 1333 MHz os commonplace in RAM
More RAM, any personal computer , portable or not worth its grain of slat has 4 GB or more ,,,
Faster peripherals SATA is faster than PATA and any computer produced these days has SATA disc, more rarely SCSI.
boards are powerhouse in their own rights. it is not uncommon for graphic cards to The CPU is for all practical purposes delested of graphical concerns ( a very heavy valculationsand much more available RAM. Any laptop one buy is likely to have 4 GB or more of RAm plus the graphic cards are much more powerful than before. s the processor(s) has/have much less to process and wait much less because the pagination (writing stuff on disk because it would not fit on available RAM) is reduced.
It would surprise many to see how seemingly old clunkers, say a Pentium III (don't laugh) processor-equipped PC with vast amount of RAM, say 4 GB with, Solid State Drive and good graphic card, becomes .. it may not challenge a new machine with the usual configuration (lot of RAM. fast SATA disks , etc) but fast it becomes and will keep up..