Laptops, wait for Intel Centrino Core Duo?

Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin

Doh! I saw the E1705 but I assumed it was a power-hungry dual
processor. It's actually the new "Pentium-M". I'm not buying until
other laptops have them standard.

Kevin

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:08:35 -0600, Kevin K. Fosler
wrote:

Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin

Kevin K. Fosler wrote:
Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin


Most vendors have announced their initial Core Duo notebooks. Dell has
the i9400. Sony, Lenovo have announced theirs. Anandtech has reviewed
the Core Duo, if you are interested. These should be shipping very soon.

Q

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:49:31 -0700, Quaoar
wrote:

Most vendors have announced their initial Core Duo notebooks. Dell has
the i9400. Sony, Lenovo have announced theirs. Anandtech has reviewed
the Core Duo, if you are interested. These should be shipping very soon.

Q

That's great. I wonder if all notebooks will be Core Duo in the near
future, or if Pentium-M's will continue.

Kevin

Kevin K. Fosler wrote:
I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Dunno, I'm happy with my single-core, though in a few years it'llbe
obsolete and it'll be time for an upgrade, but who knows what'll be
out there in a couple of years.... Some more thoughts:

http://www.mobilityguru.com/2006/01/...cker_response/

"Kevin K. Fosler" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin

You would be better served waiting for laptops with AMD Turion64 X2. Intel
chips are not true dual core; they are two separate chips fused together.
and they cannot see or communicate with each other on the die. They can
only communicate by going outside the die through the Northbridge chipset,
and only one CPU can do so per clock cycle. Add to that they do not have an
on-die memory controller, are tied to a 667-MHz FSB (as opposed to 2GHz on
the Turion), no direct connect architecture and no Hypertransport bus. They
are simply the same old chip dress up in a new package, but they are not
really new.

Bobby

On 13 Feb 2006 10:51:48 -0800, "unfrostedpoptart"
wrote:


Quaoar wrote:
Kevin K. Fosler wrote:
Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin


Most vendors have announced their initial Core Duo notebooks. Dell has
the i9400. Sony, Lenovo have announced theirs. Anandtech has reviewed
the Core Duo, if you are interested. These should be shipping very soon.

I got the Dell 9400 last week. It's an amazing machine! I'm still
installing stuff, but everything has worked perfectly. The 1920x1200
screen is great, although I'd rather have a laptop with a 19" screen
and built-in wheels :^)

The one catch is that, like the MacBooks, there's no Cardbus slot -
just the new ExpressCard. The bad news is that I can't find any cards
for sale yet from any company. The good news is that I don't really
need anything, at the moment, since there's built in 802.11a/b/g and
Bluetooth. Also the 9400 can take the ExpressCard/54 cards, while the
MacBooks can only take the smaller ExpressCard/34 cards.

David

Hi David, did you notice anything that is improved by Core Duo, such
as multitasking, compared to past laptops you may have had?

Kevin

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:28:09 GMT, "NoNoBadDog!"
wrote:


"Kevin K. Fosler" wrote in message
.. .
Does anyone know when these new laptops may come out? From what I've
read so far, the chips are going to be priced about the same as the
current Pentium-M chips.

I was about to buy a laptop but now it seems to make sense to wait.

Kevin

You would be better served waiting for laptops with AMD Turion64 X2. Intel
chips are not true dual core; they are two separate chips fused together.
and they cannot see or communicate with each other on the die. They can
only communicate by going outside the die through the Northbridge chipset,
and only one CPU can do so per clock cycle. Add to that they do not have an
on-die memory controller, are tied to a 667-MHz FSB (as opposed to 2GHz on
the Turion), no direct connect architecture and no Hypertransport bus. They
are simply the same old chip dress up in a new package, but they are not
really new.

Bobby

Will the Turion have the battery life advantages similar to Intel's
chips?

Kevin

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote in message news:tqXHf.58405$_D1.8705@trnddc03...

Intel
chips are not true dual core; they are two separate chips fused together.
and they cannot see or communicate with each other on the die. They can
only communicate by going outside the die through the Northbridge chipset,

How ironic that you say this in a Core Duo thread.

"User N" wrote in message
...

"NoNoBadDog!" wrote in message
news:tqXHf.58405$_D1.8705@trnddc03...

Intel chips are not true dual core; they are two separate chips fused
together. and they cannot see or communicate with each other on the die.
They can only communicate by going outside the die through the
Northbridge chipset,

How ironic that you say this in a Core Duo thread.

Not ironic...but it is true. Intel "Core DUO" chips are not true dual core.
they are two cores fused together, and are multi-core, but *ARE NOT* dual
core in the classic sense, hence the change to "Core Duo". Those that do
their research instead of falling prey to the spin from Intel will already
know this.


Bobby