Intel Quad Core Processor, do we need it...?

Intel has started shipping its Quad Core processors for the Desktops, And Recently I came across an Advertisement from Intel saying Quad Core PC's start from Rs 25990/- Price Range. But My Idea is :

Do we really need it....?

For all the requirement for ppl at home, is just a decent Machine which can perform all the task of Word Processor, email, Browsing, and all those similar things.
See the spec for the Intel's newest Desktop Processor, here, And see that the Processor Consumes 95W power Which is much more than many of the existing processors.
I am not against Technology, But the idea to market the term Quad core CPU for Consumer Market like home is all crap. For Enterprises Intel can plan moves as they want it, But Its bad to even think of a quad core processor based Machine for home use.
Unnecessary wastage of electricity with effective additional output that's what are intel newer CPU's are.

Optimization \:)/

Optimization seems to be the keyword for many of the things in the industry, Google asks question and then makes you optimize from n² to nlogn and finally logn. whatever…(lookout for there qns they are really cool though)

I do like things to be optimized, even my life. getting things done with minimum chaos which doesn’t happen normally, Nevertheless, here I am putting some of techniques ,optimizing my 1.4Ghz Computer(yeah it sounds slow, but its actually a fast AMD64 with superb performance).

The first optimizations I normally do just after installing windows is to disable the Animation while minimize and Maximizing windows actually you can see that in the following image, only the checked items I keep on, rest all options I just uncheck for performance.
access this as below —> right click on my computer —> properties —>advanced—>performance settings—>(1st tab itself)
here




I find people going for the costliest hardware they can afford, even when they may not need it. I like optimizing the stuff I already have and using it to max.