James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > rbw wrote: >>.. >> Regarding the CPU the following charts show that the "L" series Intel >> Duo 2 Core processors are half the wattage drawing power as the "T" >> series. I think I am going to hold out for the "L" series CPU's. I could >> probably get away with the 35watt "T" series CPU's since I am almost >> always plugged into the wall but waiting a bit longer will help save up >> to max out the RAM to 4Gb right off the bat. I haven't seen anywhere >> anyone can actually buy a laptop with one of these "L" series CPU's yet, >> have you? >> http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=2985&p=2 >> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808&p=3 >> (In this second chart note how the only CPU w/o virtualization in the >> CPU is anything with the "T5500" on it... Maybe that's why they are so >> cheap... I want that L7500...) >> >> I saw a couple laptops at FRY's (all "T" series CPU's BTW) that came >> with 2Gb of RAM at a price point of @$1,000 with RAM upgradeable to 4Gb. >> I was thinking the same thing someone else mentioned... 'Is that 2 slots >> w/ 1Gb ea.? and how much is a couple pieces of 3rd party 2Gb notebook >> memory?' >> >> My specs are largely because I want all that RAM and all that CPU power >> (at low, low wattage) to fully make ZEN and VMWare etc. really run >> through its paces. For me one of the major factors is marginalizing >> every operating system to a special case instance (translation: M$ can't >> affect me anymore) which Linux already gives us the ability to do (see >> the small Linux distro tread ;^) subject to available hardware. >> Virtualization goes a very long way to making even hardware a moot point. >> >> There are several other things I would want to see if they were possible >> beyond this ZEN virtual network magic but I'm only 1/3rd the way to >> building up my savings so I have time to query those things. >> >> Let us know what you think and how it goes... >> >> rbw >> >> > > Ahh, I found the Intel intel: > http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/coreduo.htm > You are talking about the > Intel® Core™ Duo processor Low Voltage > (15W; there's also an "ultra low" 9W U-series listed there) > > They are still classified under the "centrino" name, whatever that > really means. Curiously, the L-series does NOT show on their page entitled > Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology > http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/compare.htm > > All 3 L's are 65nm technology. Guess the low-voltage magic is a > different technology dimension. > > I hadn't seen (or noticed) laptops with L-series chips, but a search on > intel L2300 laptop (might try L2400 and L2500, too) > does produce hits! Asus, Lenovo, ..? > > 15W sounds deliciously lo-cal, hmmm.
Ahh, another look at the Intel page adds a bit more info: the L-series is part of the "Intel® Core™ Duo" family, which means 32 bit, I believe. I have also seen one review mention disappointing performance (with MS Vista; but adequate with XP) on a 512MB L2300 4200rpm HD (I think). Don't know if 64bit really delivers anything (except bigger binaries), but surely the future _is_ 64bit, so non-2 "Core Duo" has to be part of the past, eh? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
