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

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.

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.

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