Test Javascript right in the store before buying a PC.

Since most of my Applications (Google Docs, gmail, etc.) run in Javascript over Chrome over Windows, I decided to test my PC with a Javascript benchmark to find which browser is the fastest.

It is also handy when shopping for a PC since it runs in any browser right in the store.

• OCTANE. I find any PC with an Octane rating under 10,000 is unpleasant to use.
• Benchmark: http://octane-benchmark.googlecode.com/svn/latest/index.html
• Octane Chart: http://zipso.net/chromebook-specs-comparison-table/
• This is the only chart you need if you use Google Apps. I would love to afford a 20,000+ octane rating, so in my dreams I would buy the Pixel Chromebook; but not for $2000!
• Based on this table, only the Intel i5 equiped machines would be satisfying. 
• Other tests I ran: 
• At an Octane rating below 1000 the pages barely load, it is useless for apps,
• (It produced only 798 on Firefox on Ubuntu on an old Celeron laptop computer), 
• In Chrome on my old Windows 7 netbook it registers 4700 and is barely tolerable for checking email. 

I also tested Speedometer, but find it confusing and slow.

• My target for Speedometer is 100: http://browserbench.org/Speedometer/