Core 2 Duo Arrives for Notebooks

[NickS]

Today Intel officially launched the Core 2 Duo processor for mobile platforms. Based on the Merom core, Core 2 Duo is the arguably the industry's most anticipated mobile processor launch of this year. Juding from performance comparisons of its desktop counterpart, Conroe, Core 2 Duo should deliver some very impressive performance benchmarks in notebooks, which will also be announced this week. While Intel had a launch party for Core 2 Duo earlier last month, today marks the official day when products with Core 2 Duo processors become available. Expect major manufacturers such as Dell, IBM, Sony and others to release notebooks based on the new platform.

Intel will debut the Core 2 Duo Mobile processors in a number of flavors. All prices are for distributors:

Processor

Clock​

FSB

Cache​

Price ​

Intel C2D T7600

2.33GHz​

667MHz​

4MB​

$637​

Intel C2D T7400

2.16GHz​

667MHz​

4MB​

$423​

Intel C2D T7200

2.0GHz​

667MHz​

4MB​

$294​

Intel C2D T5600

1.83GHz​

667MHz​

2MB​

$241​

Intel C2D T5500

1.66GHz​

667MHz​

2MB​

$209

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[FragTek]

This is going to tempt me to have to get a C2D MBP :drool:

 

[PV5150]

ROFL you need so little persuasion Not that I blame you :yumyum: