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MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo Processor

This is the new MacBook Pro which has the fast Intel Core Duo processor; you can select a 1.67GHz or 1.83GHz version and trust us when we say that this is the biggest leap forward in mobile Mac power that you would have ever seen.

The Intel Core Duo has a big power boost thanks to two processors on a single chip, and Read more

Intel Core 2 Duo Processors: Big drop in price

When looking at new laptops my processor choice has been Intel Core 2 Duo for a while now and also the best battery life you can get.

Today we hear things are about to get much cheaper for buyers of Core 2 Duo products, Intel announced big price cuts last week and this worked out at a 31% price drop on the top-end E8500.

With money getting tight for a lot of people around the world, its good news to hear that Core 2 Duo processors have got cheaper and lets hope we see this discount passed onto the laptops that house them.

The Core 2 Duo E7200’s will now cost $113; the E8400 is priced at $183 and the E8500 at $183. Another reason we are seeing these price cuts would be to make room for the new Core 2 Quad series.

Do you prefer to get value for money when buying new laptops and processors or do you like getting the best technology, i.e. Core 2 Quad series?

Read the latest Intel news or computer hardware news.

What CPU will Apple laptops use after the Core 2 Duo?

Apple’s range of laptops has been using the Core 2 Duo chip and it has certainly been doing the job very well. However Computer World has asked what Apple will choose to use next once they feel that the Core 2 Duo CPU has outlived itself.

Apple seem to launch new products very quickly, so it will not be that far away until we see a new MacBook and MacBook Pro on the market. Will Apple decide to stick with the trusted Intel Core 2 Duo or will the new laptops demand something different. Read more

Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz: Cheaper than the MacBook Pro

When I first heard that Apple laptops were getting Intel Core 2 Duo Processors I thought it was a joke as this is normally PC technology, but anyway it was true and the best thing Apple and Mac have done in a while.

The Apple MacBook has some of the latest technology and the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor is one of the best laptop processors around for the perfect combination of battery life and performance Read more

Acer Duo Core Aspire 5670

Looking at the specs of the new Acer Centrino Duo they do not look much special, I mean the Aspire 5670 has a 15.4-inch LCD in widescreen and an ATi mobility radeon x1400 graphics card, also it can support 1GB of ram.
All that is the norm but Read more

Apple MacBook Air: smaller Intel Core 2 Duo processor explained thoroughly

In simple terms the new Apple MacBook Air processor is 60% smaller, but just how did the Intel Core 2 Duo processor get that improvement Read more

Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology

Intel has officially shown its new Centrino Duo Mobile Technology at the CES in Las Vegas, this was previously code-named Napa.
What’s the improvement? Well the Intel Core Duo chip has two mobile processing cores on just one chip and will be powering the next generation of laptops including the new Intel Viiv platform; this should now give laptops the extra power they need when multitasking.

Refurbished Sony VAIO VGN-AR605E Core 2 Duo 17″ Notebook

So you wish to purchase a good quality notebook, but the only problem with that is, you will have to pay a lot of money to something that will be able to be powerful enough to do the things you need to do with it. Read more

Intel show off Xeon Dunnington 45nm six-core Penryn processor

If you were in Austria last month, you would have seen Intel showing of their new Xeon Dunnington processor. This CPU is a 45nm six-core and is from the Penryn family, the problem is this was not meant to be Read more

Budget 45nm Penryn CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200

There has never been a time when Intel capitalized so much on a winning architecture, other than now with their very successful Core 2 family of processors. Intel have released so many variations of the same architecture and now this is the budget 45nm Penryn CPU, its called the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200. The CPU has it all for a budget user who doesn’t want to sacrifice performance. Penryn gives us power savings and extra features found across the latest E8000 series. Tweak town have gave the E7200 a 12 page hands-on review and in their final thoughts they said “Intel has managed to once again augment its Core 2 Duo line of processors with another winner. While we normally focus on quad core and high-end power from the Chipzilla, Core 2 Duo has some really good budget parts, and none are better than the E7200.

While it comes clocked at a slower 2.53GHz compared to the higher clock of the E4700s 2.66GHz, the higher bus speed of 1066MHz, an extra 1MB of L2 cache and its 45nm construction of the Penryn architecture gives the E7200 a greater feature set while managing to keep its power consumption down and continue to offer some extremely good performance.

If you’re looking for something for a HTPC or digital home setup, you’re not going to be disappointed with an E7200. It has more than enough power to do fast media encoding; its memory bandwidth is excellent thanks to its 1066MHz FSB and its 45nm die makes it more power efficient than the older E4000 series.”

Read the 12 page review.

21 new Sony VAIO notebooks in the A, BX, F/FZ and G series

When Sony bring out new notebooks they sure bring them out in packs, as they just announced 21 new Sony VAIO notebooks in Japan.

The new Sony VAIO notebooks will be in the A, BX, F/FZ and G series, the expected ship and sale start date should be around the start of July or End of June.

In the G Series, the VAIO G VGN-G1KBNA runs on a Read more

Pantech Duo is the perfect phone for texting

The Pantech Duo is the perfect phone for texting as it has a qwerty keypad, numeric board and uses Windows Mobile 6. As we were led to believe the Pantech Duo has arrived just around the time indicated. Read more

Core 2 Duo plus expanded memory makes it to Panasonic Toughbook 19 PC

When it comes to notebooks we all want more memory and better processors so Panasonic decided what the hell let’s boost the Panasonic Toughbook 19 and see where that gets us.

The Panasonic Toughbook 19 has always been the one computer that was left out of all the things it should have got, but not anymore my friends. Panasonic have just announced that they will be boosting the Toughbook 19 and in that we mean the speed and better memory.

The convertible tablet which is available now will boast 1.06GHz U7500 processor (2MB L2 cache), 5.1-pound in weight, 4GB of SDRAM, 10.4-inch daylight-readable display, 80GB shock-mounted HDD, optional integrated WWAN / GPS / 2-megapixel webcam plus a magnesium alloy case, oh and the battery will last around 7 hours.

The price for such a thing will set you back $3,199. Get yourselves over to engadget to get the full press release.

Will Intel’s new 1333mhz FSB Core 2 Duo Processor Range Make Us Upgrade?

Intel’s release of a 1333mhz FSB Core 2 Duo will mean that anyone who wants to realize the full potential of these processors, will have to buy a Motherboard with a P35 chipset, costing at least $100 from newegg. Unless you go for the low end of the market and buy a $50 motherboard Read more

New Centrino Duo and Pro: Santa Rosa platform into stores

The previously codenamed Santa Rosa platform from Intel has now been formally announced and you will now see the new business-orientated Centrino Pro platform set sail into stores.

The biggest change is the Core 2 Duo chips for a much faster 800MHz front-side bus speed, but we also see better connectivity options and battery life, quicker booting of often used applications thanks to the new Flash-memory technology called TurboMemory Read more

LG X-R700 and X-S900 Laptops: Intel Core 2 Duo, NVIDIA 8600 / ATI HD2400

These are the LG X-R700 and X-S900 Laptops which have just been unveiled In Korea, they feature NVIDIA 8600 / ATI HD2400 graphics cards and Intel Core 2 Duo processors. These laptops have the power to replace your desktop computer and then some; they also feature Dolby Home Theater Sound, a full-size keyboard and built in with 1.3-mega-pixel webcam.

System Highlight X-S900 Priced at $1,423

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• DVD Super Multi Drive
• 320GB HDD
• 2GB DDR2 RAM
• Dolby Home Theater sound
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD2400 256MB
• 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550
• 19 “WXGA display with integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam

System Highlight X-R700 Priced at $1,740

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• DVD Super Multi Drive
• 250GB HDD
• 3GB DDR2 RAM
• Dolby Home Theater sound
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
• 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550
• 17 “WXGA display with integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam

Source: Read | Via Amazing Gadgets

Mac Fusion with Intel Core 2 Duo at WWDC 08

The photo above shows Mac Fusion that is for new developers who are on a budget and want to port their existing programs to the Mac. Mac Fusion features an Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor that starts at 2.1GHz and has an 800MHz front-side with 3MB of shared L2 cache. This device looks similar to the Apple Mac Mini and is rumored to be at WWDC 08, if this becomes reality, it will be nice to see a new Mac this year and not just products and services built around the 3G iPhone.

The aim of Mac Fusion is to make building applications for the Mac more easier than ever before and to give the developer the ability to run alternate operating systems, such as Boot Camp, Linux and Microsoft Windows, while keeping the stability of Mac OS X.

While some people will see the above photo as a fake, it may not be fake as it does fall in line with other information we have heard previously from Apple Insider. If real, we should see Mac Fusion confirmed later today at WWDC 2008.

If you do take a closer look at the photo you may see a few things that lead us in only one way when it comes to this photo being real. These include Apps being capitalized in the tag line, Xcode 3.5 is listed in the bottom right, while Xcode is currently version 3, The three logos clearly have a border, Apple does not use the Windows logo and The ad copy is found wanting.

What do you make of this photo for a new product called Mac Fusion?

Source: Read

Toshiba P200-143 Laptop, Intel Core 2 DUO, Just £999.99?

Toshiba never seem to let us down when it comes to reliable, well made notebook computers and they aren’t gonna start changing that concept of manufacturing anytime soon. The new Toshiba P200-143 Laptop has had a recent price reduction to Read more

Incredible Small PC: Stealth Computer LPC-450 Duo Core

Yesterday I took my Mac Mini from one of the upstairs bedrooms and put it under my Panasonic 42inch HDTV, then I connected it all up to the TV and it looked great.

Then I went to Joost to download the program made by the same people as Skype to watch live TV in my front room via my Mac Mini and Joost.

Then I get the worst possible result Read more

Intel’s Core i7 Review

Intel’s Core i7 processor is almost here and the CPU will be ideal for gaming PC’s, it was not certain at first about what the speed advantage of the new CPU would be, but as the first reviews start coming in, it is evident that Intel’s Core i7 certainly has a speed advantage over the Core 2. Read more