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Retailer Planning Laptops With Intel Core i7 Chips

Posted by kdawson on from the can-you-say-luggable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian PC retailer Eurocom is planning to ship a 12-pound laptop with Intel's Core i7 chip, which might go down well with deep-pocketed geeks. The Core i7 was designed with desktop computers and servers in mind; later members of the Nehalem chip family are planned to address portables. The 17" notebook's price, not yet announced, will certainly be in excess of $5,000."

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  1. Just plain silly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The problem with this design is that the i7 chips put out 130 watts TDP. Even if this laptop has a battery, it's going to last less than an hour.

    I should I know. I have a toshiba laptop that has a desktop P4 in it. 1 hour.

    1. Re:Just plain silly by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The laptop is 12 pounds: two pounds for the laptop, ten pounds for the batteries.

  2. Re:Desktop Replacement by obarthelemy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Reasons for needing such a powerful but heavy and battery-challenged "laptop".

    Taking your apps+docs (let alone taking you OS) with you on an HD/USB key doesn't really work for most OSes and Apps. Especially if you need specialty apps, like video/CAD... or whetever really NEEDS an i7.

    Being certain you'll have an up-to spec PC wherever youre going, without being dependant on someone to book it + set it up for you.

    Gaming in small appartments (I assume the vid card is nice, too).

    Of course, being able to maybe use the laptop a little while NOT connected to the mains is.. a nice bonus.

    I've been reading forever that Intel+AMD are including "laptop" power-management features in their "desktop" parts. Maybe with heavy underclocking one can actually watch a full DVD on a single charge ?

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