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Intel Dual-Core Systems Begin Shipping Monday

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the see-pee-youse dept.

ThinSkin writes "The wait for Intel's dual-core processor is over, that is if you're willing to fork over some dough for a Dell or Alienware system bundled with the chip. Intel just announced that Monday marks the first day dual-core systems hit the market with Dell's Precision 380 workstation and its next generation Dimension XPS desktop, which start at $2,999. PC Magazine got a chance to play with the XPS system and came away quite impressed."

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  1. XBox by 0kComputer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this the same "Dual Core" that will be featured in the XBox? If so I wonder what percentage of the "millions" of chips anticipated to ship will go into the XBox 360 or whatever its called.

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  2. HP Printer Drivers by jmichaelg · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I just bought an HP-4250. It's a laser printer that, when the planets align, can pump out 45 pages/minute. The driver for it can bring any machine to its knees though. I've got an A64/3200+ with half a gig of RAM and when I fire off a large print task, I may as well go do something else - there aren't any cpu cycles left to speak of.

    I suppose they gave the task of upgrading the driver to a summer intern or outsourced it to someone who didn't give a damn about HP's reputation. I've considered getting a dual core box but the idea of upgrading the hardware because some idiot didn't know how to write a printer driver properly just doesn't sit too well.

  3. $4k Computing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For four grand, I would rather go pick up a dual 2.5 ghz G5 Powermac and then buy a nice $1k LCD screen...