Let's talk about Mobile CPUs

by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/28/2005 1:14 PM EST
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  • Andrew Guyton - Thursday, March 3, 2005 - link

    Pentium D, anyone? http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21522
  • Eug - Saturday, January 29, 2005 - link

    Just a note that the G5 power specs published by IBM are for "typical" usage. It seems that max power is roughly twice that number, although it seems recent steppings are lowering that max. I'd like to see a G5 1.8 PowerBook, although I'd settle for a 1.8 GHz G4 7448 (which has 1 MB L2).

    P.S. I'd be surprised if Apple releases an ultraportable, cuz:

    1) Apple seems to hate high pixel density screens. And so do I. The 12.1" in the iBook and PowerBook is already over 106 ppi, which is high by Apple standards.

    2) Apple seems to hate laptops without a built-in optical drive. And so do I.

    3) Apple seems to hate non-standard key sizes in keyboards. And so do I. if I spend 10 minutes on my friend's 12" Vaio, my wrists hurt.
  • Live - Saturday, January 29, 2005 - link

    Well AMD seems to be all about "silent" releases now a day. Last A64 90nm stepping, higher clocked and 90 nm Semprons etc.

    I have seen quite a few reporting that as a positive sign. There reasoning has gone in the lines of: much better things to come soon so no need in marketing the current relatively small changes. The new EO stepping and Turion will incorporate "miracles" from IBM and that’s when the real marketing will start.

    I must say I'm skeptical about those claims. AMD usually are rather good at announcing things they think are good (not in the same league as Intel, MS) and have a history at being very quiet when they have problems. Usually they ignore publicly the problems even exist until they are solved. If they really have something up there sleeve I bet we will hear about it mid February.

    As for desktop Pentium M outside of geek dome, ultra silent and the SFF realm I don’t see much use for it on the desktop. Not that that is anything to snicker about, but I’d rather see a big round up of Sonoma based laptops compared to the now hopefully lower priced older Centrino notebooks. Come to think about it I haven seen anything about Sonoma on AnandTech.
  • jasonsRX7 - Friday, January 28, 2005 - link

    I don't know about an Apple ultraportable. Ultraportables don't have built in optical drives, which would mean that Apple would have to develop an external combo/superdrive, and that just doesn't seem like their style to me. Just my guess but who knows.

    I've had an ultraportable before (IBM X series) and while the thinness and light weight are great, it was so annoying not having a burner when I needed it. I get far more practical use out of my 15" Powerbook now.
  • Andrew Guyton - Friday, January 28, 2005 - link

    Am I the only one who thinks that when Intel officially releases a Pentium M to the desktop, it will be called the Pentium D? (Celeron M, Celeron D...)

    What do you think?

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