Quad core for gaming worth the $$??

Look at the E8400 instead of the Q6600.

To be honest I wouldn't bother with a Quad Core right this minute. Price differences over Dual Core means that only those who have money to spare should look at Quad Core. Also, most games nowadays are more GPU intensive than CPU intensive, I doubt one game will be able to tax a Quad Core fully atm.

I dont know about upgrading to quad with a company but i do know that quad core these days dont cost a lot, for mainstream chips that is...

If budgeting is a concern take the SLI before going quad core. GPU power is the weaker aspect of a notebook. However, quads are not useless, and if you don't have a problem affording one, they are going to get more useful over the several years you will likely own the notebook.

Right at this moment few games utilize a quad. Two things though, one that is changing and will continue to change over the next several years, for example the UT3 engine uses what cores you have. Second, having multiple cores frees the core running the game to just the game, because there are other cores to handle the gpu driver running, system processes, communications (if it's an online game) and so forth. This isn't a huge benefit but it's there. Lastly, things that you might do other than gaming can benefit from multiple cores, could be work, Excel, or making videos and photo editing, but there are some benefits beyond gaming.

Given that a laptop has to last several years, and often gets no cpu upgrade after your stock purchase, to me it makes sense to get what decent cpu you can afford, and can use.

One detracting point is that quad cores are going to use slightly more energy even at idle than a dual core. That might be a concern.

From what you do,you will benefit with a Quad.

is it worth getting core i7 or wait for i9 in Laptops ?

Intel's latest CPU designations aren't really very clear, so I can see how you misunderstood. Core i9, like Core i7, is a designation indicating the Nehalem microarchitecture. The different numbers after the "i" (Core i3, i5, i7, i9) are indicative of pricing, not different generations. Intel's i9 CPU will only be found in desktops and not in laptops. Dual-core Core i3, i5, & i7 processors will all be available for notebooks starting in January, however the quad-core Core i7 processors will remain the most powerful notebook processors until the beginning of 2011 when Intel releases their next microarchitecture, Sandy Bridge, and AMD releases their Fusion microarchitecture.

Thank you

Do u think we will get the Usb 3.0 in laptops in 2010 or 11 ?