Conroe Laptops?

dokko · 30 Sep 2006 at 12:44

Do they exist?

I'm looking for a friend who wants to spend £1000+ so suggested that he gets Conroe system, but i simply cannot find any!

Hehe, love giving duff advice

daz · 30 Sep 2006 at 12:56

Core 2 Duo = Conroe.

Macs have had them for some time... and every major manufacturer has them now too.

dokko · 30 Sep 2006 at 12:58

daz said:
Core 2 Duo = Conroe.

Macs have had them for some time... and every major manufacturer has them now too.

So Core 2 Duo is Conroe, i thought they wern't, so there the exact same chip, not xut down or anything?

Cheers.

Socaddict · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:21

the mobile conroe/core 2 duo is the merom core, which is what you are after.

Desktop core 2 duos come in 2 forms, the allendale core (with 2MB shared L2 cache) and the conroe core (4MB shared L2 cache). The former is represented by the E6300 and E6400, the latter by the E6600 and above.

They're all great chips regardless of which ones you get.

dokko · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:24

Socaddict said:
the mobile conroe/core 2 duo is the merom core, which is what you are after.

Desktop core 2 duos come in 2 forms, the allendale core (with 2MB shared L2 cache) and the conroe core (4MB shared L2 cache). The former is represented by the E6300 and E6400, the latter by the E6600 and above.

They're all great chips regardless of which ones you get.

Right so (in terms of laptops) Merom is the 4mb cache (the 6600 equivilent) and the normal core 2 duo is the 2mb versions.

Ok, got ya.

Mud · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:30

There're some excellent core duo laptop deals about, I got a 1.6GHz/512MB/60GB/15.4" widescreen fujitsu-siemens for £500, which isn't much more than you'd pay for a similar spec on turion or celeron.

unde4d · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:41

daz said:
Core 2 Duo = Conroe.

Macs have had them for some time... and every major manufacturer has them now too.

Macs have had Core Duo's for a while, but they have yet to release their new range (due soon) with Core2Duos.

Other manufacturers have Core2Duos in their laptop ranges now.

dokko · 30 Sep 2006 at 15:37

So which is better?

T5500 1.66Ghz or T2500 2.00Ghz

Also is this spec ok for the price?

Toshiba: £800

# Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 Processor 1.66GHz
# 667 MHz FSB
# 2 MB Cache
# 1024 MB RAM
# 100 GB Hard Drive
# DVD ReWriter MultiDrive
# 15.4" Widescreen Display
# Microsoft Windows XP Home
# 256MB ATI X1400 Graphics
# 1 Year FREE Warranty

Energize · 30 Sep 2006 at 16:43

Though the current meroms aren't a huge imporvement over the yonahs, it's not until santa rosa that they'll be a big improvement.

Zepto Znote 2425W £801

15.4" WXGA+ Crystal clear
1.83 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo T5600 2MB
1024MB (2x512) DDR2 PC5300 - 667MHZ
100GB 5400RPM. SATA Hitachi
GeForce 7600Go 256MB
DVD-RW Dual Layer burner
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 54Mbit
Built in fingerprint reader
High Performance battery for 2x25W - 9 Cell
1 Year Warranty

Zepto Znote 2425W £898

15.4" WXGA+ Crystal clear
2.00 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 4MB
2048MB (2x1024) DDR2 PC5300 - 667MHZ
80GB 7200RPM SATA Hitachi
GeForce 7600Go 256MB
DVD-RW Dual Layer burner
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 54Mbit
Built in fingerprint reader
High Performance battery for 2x25W - 9 Cell
1 Year Warranty

7,200Rpm hdds add a very noticeable improvment. Zepto allow you to customise any component of the laptop save the graphics.

Socaddict · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:47

dokko said:
Right so (in terms of laptops) Merom is the 4mb cache (the 6600 equivilent) and the normal core 2 duo is the 2mb versions.

Ok, got ya.

no. merom is the mobile core 2 duo. allendale and conroe are BOTH desktop core 2 duo (same architecture, only difference being in multis and cache).