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Asus UL Series Laptops: Thin and Light, Focus on Battery Life
Intel T9900 Core 2 Duo Notebook Processor Breaks the 3GHz Barrier
Intel Also Designing Processor for Low-Cost, Ultrathin Laptops

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Dafrety
09/09/09

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I love how the switching graphics is starting to show up in laptops now.
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anexanhume
09/09/09

@Dafrety: Only one model each of the 14 and 15 inch variants actually have it, a Nvidia 210M.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/02/09

In reply to Intel T9900 Core 2 Duo Notebook Processor Breaks the 3GHz Barrier
Just exactly how fast is TKTK GHz? Is it faster than say, 1.21 Gigawatts?
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ripfire
01/12/09

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The only way I would find this interesting is if they include discreet graphics by nVidia or ATI.
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ZLevee
01/12/09

@ripfire: Well this says the HP DV2 will have discreet graphics, though no mention of by whom: [www.shopping.hp.com]
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Charbax2
01/12/09

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How is a price of over $700 low-cost?

Has Gizmodo lost complete feeling for the cost of things?

Just cause Apple is gauging their customers, does that make it ok for Intel to do the same kind of overpricing? And then just cause Intel is slightly cheaper, you call that low-cost?

Everything is low-cost next to Apple.
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ZLevee
01/12/09

@Charbax2: That would be budget-class for a notebook and hobo-class for an ultraportable. The HP DV2 is clearly not a netbook -- if anything, it's like an ultraportable from a few years ago.
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regnez
01/12/09

@Charbax2:

"Low-cost" is a relative term. Compare a $700 price tag with what a MBA ($1800 base) or Voodoo Envy (I don't even know, like $3000?) costs and it will look very affordable, indeed.

The market for this processor/these notebooks is not going to be huge, but there are people who need an extremely thin, portable, and reasonably powerful machine and they are not afraid to pay for the privilege.
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ZLevee
01/12/09

@regnez: or Toshiba Portege line, or Lenovo Thinkpad x300.....
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ZLevee
01/12/09

In reply to Intel Also Designing Processor for Low-Cost, Ultrathin Laptops
"Does anyone need this, or want this?" - Yes and yes.

My desktop in all its easily moddable glory is my workhorse. I don't need a top of the line laptop. At the same time I couldn't cope with a gimped netbook. And I can't afford a premium-priced ultraportable. The HP DV2 and whatever comes out like it are the solution. I need a laptop to be super-light, have long battery life, be capable of the occassionally taxing task, and be inexpensive. An optical drive, until physical media finally dies, is also nice.
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Troy A. Scott
01/12/09

Exactly. Couldn't agree with you more, Zlevee.
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ZLevee
01/12/09

@Troy A. Scott: yeah. I failed to clarify that while a "thin and light" currently fills the void, it just ain't light enough to take everywhere. Which is why these things win.
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Windhawk
01/12/09

In reply to Intel Also Designing Processor for Low-Cost, Ultrathin Laptops
Intel frightened itself by creating a product at the low end that had such thin margins. It needs to re-position the modified Atom for mid-market so it (and the laptop vendors) can get some margin back.
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ripfire
01/12/09

@Windhawk: Intel never had a problem with their Atom products. They don't make the laptops; only the chips. It's a win-all situation for Intel.

AMD is just a crybaby cuz they're late at the market.
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alexmg2420
01/12/09

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The new "Intel Molecule!" Two or more Atoms stuck together to make a fair processor.
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strider_mt2k
01/12/09

@alexmg2420: Funny as that sound they COULD leverage the Periodic Table for their naming scheme if they wanted to. Plenty of numbers there, and some cool elements besides!

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