You will be able to run pretty much whatever you want at the same time. It's like having 2 3.6ghz Pentium 4's working at once. So double the raw power, and also you can run multiple porgrams MUCH better since it's Dual Core. Also NO!! In no way does it mean that since it's the lowest once is it Slow. Almost always the best bang for your bug in terms of power to price is the entry level CPU in a new line. That thing will blaze overclocked much or not.