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Core 2 Duo Notebooks Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-it-fits-in-the-something-of-your-something dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the launch of Intel's Core 2 Duo chip today, I found this article that not only covers the new chip itself, but also reviews and benchmarks two retail notebooks. It's interesting since one machine has the entry level 1.66GHz CPU while the other has the top end 2.33GHz chip."

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  1. Bottom line? by gelfling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So it's a glorified gamer machine? How fast can it start and run Lotus Notes or Thunderbird? How fast can it run a complete AV scan? How well and how fast does it run end to end, real world applications and not just RAM resident games? These benchmarks suck and pretty much ignore the fact that it's a notebook machine at all. And battery life appears to suck hard.

  2. battery life by Mike_ya · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How does the battery life compare to the 'single core' Pentium M?
    Does battery life not matter in laptop reviews anymore?

    How is the lap heat, is it twice as hot? My current laptop gets limited lap time because of the heat.