Core 2 Duo in Laptops?

[alvino]

Yeah, they might've had all the companies that licensed PMR Technology to pay royalties for every hard drive manufactured. That would bring in so much moolah for Hitachi.

 

[mfrostbutter]

I've long been an AMD guy, but I recently purchased a Core Duo (1.83GHz 1GB 667MHz RAM, 128MB ATI X1300 with hyper memory) Inspiron 6400 and since doing so I haven't really even touched my AMD desktop (athalon 3200+ barton OC'd 2x 74GB Raptors raid-0 1 GB Kingston Hyper-X RAM, XFX 6600GT 256MB OC'd) I do alot of photoshopping, flash, dreamweaver and such, and this Intel machine kicks a**! So much in fact I just ordered a Latitude D820 with the Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and the 512MB Nvida quattro 120 turbo cache. The storage isn't much of an issue for me as I have a gig-E 500GB NAS drive. But now instead of being couped up in my office working I can sit on the couch with the wife and Kid and work while we watch a movie (my relationship has been much better since now that she actually sees me once in a while!)

*edit- forgot to mention I also get 2.5-3 hrs runtime with the 6 cell battery, my new one will have the 9 cell!

 

[joxley1990]

The Core Duo is a good processor for a laptop, mine seems to always be at 25C, and when it hits 35-40C, the fan turns on, and it returns to 25C, I dont rate Core Duo 2 in laptops TBH..dont see the point..

I've long been an AMD guy, but I recently purchased a Core Duo (1.83GHz 1GB 667MHz RAM, 128MB ATI X1300 with hyper memory) Inspiron 6400 and since doing so I haven't really even touched my AMD desktop (athalon 3200+ barton OC'd 2x 74GB Raptors raid-0 1 GB Kingston Hyper-X RAM, XFX 6600GT 256MB OC'd) I do alot of photoshopping, flash, dreamweaver and such, and this Intel machine kicks a**! So much in fact I just ordered a Latitude D820 with the Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and the 512MB Nvida quattro 120 turbo cache. The storage isn't much of an issue for me as I have a gig-E 500GB NAS drive. But now instead of being couped up in my office working I can sit on the couch with the wife and Kid and work while we watch a movie (my relationship has been much better since now that she actually sees me once in a while!)

*edit- forgot to mention I also get 2.5-3 hrs runtime with the 6 cell battery, my new one will have the 9 cell!

OH MY GOD! I've just noticed this! Haha, I have just bought the exact same machine, evan with the X1300. Arr it pwnss this laptop. I got the 1.6Ghz though, but I did get the 1GB RAM, and yeah, this laptop is amazing. I went for the 9 cell though, and yeah, it lasts for agers, god bless the Inspiron 6400 lol

 

[mfrostbutter]

OH MY GOD! I've just noticed this! Haha, I have just bought the exact same machine, evan with the X1300. Arr it pwnss this laptop. I got the 1.6Ghz though, but I did get the 1GB RAM, and yeah, this laptop is amazing. I went for the 9 cell though, and yeah, it lasts for agers, god bless the Inspiron 6400 lol

Yea I love it! Come the end of the month though I'm getting rid of it, can't wait till my new Latitude gets here................................drools

 

[alvino]

Mmm...I want a NAS drive. No money though...

 

[mfrostbutter]

So here's the spec's on the D820 that will be here next week.............I cant wait.............I'll have a nice Inspiron 6400 up for sale soon

1 1 222-5633 Latitude D820, Intel Core 2 Duo T7200, 2.00GHz, 667Mhz 4M L2 Cache, Dual Core
1 1 320-4610 15.4 inch Wide Screen WSXGA+ LCD for Latitude D820
1 1 311-5686 2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS for Dell Latitude Notebooks
1 1 310-7270 Internal English Keyboard for Latitude Notebooks
1 1 320-4613 512MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache, Latitude D820
1 1 341-2980 80GB Hard Drive 9.5MM, 7200RPMfor Dell Latitude DX20
1 1 310-7419 Touchpad with UPEK fingerprintreader, Latitude D820
1 1 340-8854 No Floppy Drive for Latitude D-Family Notebooks
1 1 465-2039 Windows XP Professional, SP2 with media, for Latitude English, Factory Installed
1 1 430-1487 Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Module for Latitude
1 1 310-7284 90W AC Adapter for Latitude D-Family
1 1 313-3883 8X DVD+/-RW with Roxio CreatorDell Edition Digital Media andCyberlink Power DVD, for Latitude 120L
1 1 430-1961 Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/g) mini Card for Latitude
1 1 313-3935 Resource CD w/ Diagnostics andDrivers for Latitude D820 Note
1 1 312-0390 9-Cell/85 WHr Primary Battery for Latitude D820
1 1 902-4800 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
1 1 902-3422 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 2 Year Extended
1 1 980-1499 CompleteCare Accidental DamageSvc, Lat, 3Yr , 1-800-624-9896
1 1 461-3749 GTS,Personal Systems,TechnicalSupport Letter
1 1 950-3232 Gold Technical Support ServiceLatitude, 3 Years
1 1 982-5757 Thank you for choosing 3 Year Standard Plan
1 1 983-2207 Thank You for buying Dell
1 1 983-2217 Please visit WWW.Dell.COM
1 1 900-9987 Standard On-Site Installation Declined
1 1 310-8314 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 1 465-5766 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 1 365-2301 CFI,Integration Fee,Order Ready Tag
1 1 371-6627 CFI,Information,Label,TG1S, Small,Factory Install
1 1 310-8314 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor
1 1 462-4506 Purchase is NOT intended for resell
1 1 463-0742 Special Pricing Applied

And I got all this for $1500 and some change!!!!!!!!!