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?

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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.