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Intel Sonoma UK Launch Party

Posted by samzenpus on from the check-them-out dept.

Benny writes "Intel held it's UK Sonoma lauch party last night and TrustedReviews have some pictures up of the machines on display including new models from HP, Dell, Samsung, Sony and Asus to mention a few."

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  1. That's Great But... by X43B · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

    This time it is actually appropriate. :)

  2. Re:Great, but what is it? by cheezedawg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sonoma is based on the 915 chipset (Alviso/ICH6). The biggest difference is, of course, PCI Express. There is support for a x16 PCI Express graphics on Alviso, and support for a couple of x1 PCI Express devices on the ICH. This is a major architectural overhaul that more than doubles the bandwidth between the MCH and the ICH. New to Sonoma, the chipset also includes support for:
    - 533MHz FSB
    - SATA
    - DDR2 memory
    - Next generation integrated graphics that doesn't suck
    - Hi-def audio (Azalia)
    - New power management features

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  3. Ugly, ugly, ugly by Eminence · · Score: 5, Insightful
    How is it so that manufacturers of Intel based notebooks can't come up with a design that would be beautiful? Why can't they produce something that would be not only useful but also nice to look at and touch? I read the article (RTFA) and it is full of pictures of ugly designs. They all look either dumb and boring, yet another set of black-greyish boxen or there is some effort to make them look "cool" but in the style of cheap boomboxes for 15 year olds. By my tastes only the new Samsungs X50 & X25 show at least some genuine effort towards design, though I won't call them beautiful.

    This is amazing. All these are products of different companies, bigger and smaller, from different countries and yet none of them really stands out from the crowd. Doesn't HP or Acer or anything have a design department? Or maybe it's a mindset of these companies that doesn't value the aesthetic perception?