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Intel Unleashes Insanity For The Laptop |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
Users looking for a notebook capable of handling the most demanding
creative or entertainment tasks will be delighted with Intel's decision
to bring the Extreme processor brand to its Centrino platform.
Intel claims the Core 2 Extreme mobile dual-core processors are the
world's highest-performing mobile processor, but its likely to look
like a dog up against the battery-friendly quad-core processors Intel
plans to make available for laptop computers next year.
For now hard core gamers, content developers and other speed freaks can
fire up their computers with dual-cores running at a brisk 2.6GHz. Has
Intel relapsed back to the clock speed addiction it had of few years
back?
This processor also features mobile-specific
power-saving features which enable it to more up to
28 percent more performance than Intel's previous-generation mobile
processors.
"Laptops are the fastest-growing computing market segment, and there is
increasing demand from those who crave the ultimate in video, gaming
and design computing performance yet want the freedom and flexibility
that a laptop brings," said Mooly Eden, Intel vice president and
general manager, Mobile Platforms Group.
"Due to our innovative technology and design capabilities, we can offer
world-class, power-smart performance for the most demanding mobile
users, and are proud to offer it under our Intel Core 2 Extreme brand
-- a name that has become synonymous with ultimate performance."
Now the bad news. You are gonna need a serious amount of room on your
credit card to secure one of these puppies. The price list reads more
like a phone list with the top-of-the-line Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800
mobile processor available to OEMs at US$851, which is about the retail
price of an entry-level consumer laptop.
If all that speed is not enough for you and you have the cash flow to risk melting this rocket into a piece of glass, Intel says it has removed the
overclocking protection on these babies allowing gamers to "unleash
even more
performance".
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