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thanks for the info, I just thought that 64 bit compared to 32 bit would be the thing for future technologies so that I wouldn't have to upgrade processor.
it's gonna be a while before 64bit applications become mainstream. By the time that day comes round, it'd be time to get a new notebook already. It's no point trying to plan for the future, if the near future is not going to be all that different from the present.
Which is about .5% (one half of 1 percent) of the computer users in the world. So, would you rush out and switch over to Core 2 Duo before you fine tune the thermal properties of the chip.
If you want Core 2 Duo, since it is pin compatible, you can buy one on the open market and with a Bios upgrade (on a T60 for example), install you're own. Then you don't have to wait for Lenovo's expertise in making sure that it runs cool and delivers top notch performance. Personally, after the initial reports that I've read, if you're not using 64bit apps or OS, then I'd stick with Core Duo for a while.
Actually - core 2 duo runs cooler and extends battery-life compared to core duo. Eventhough the difference is hardly worth mentioning.
But add to that slightly better performance and 64 bit support and that the price is the same one could wonder how anyone wouldn't be excited about it.
I don't get how you can claim that core 2 duo are throwing off more heat and in some cases result in poorer battery life?
If it does throw of more heat it
always results in poorer batter-life.
And thats in 32 bit. With 64 bit theres more to come.
Better performance with no added power-consumption is rarely seen (without a premium price). Real shame that Lenovo are so slow...
And since Vista is coming there are no major OS that isn't supporting 64 bit (not even today if you count XP 64 bit but I usually don't because of lacking driver support).
Some reviewers got their hands on engineering sambles awhile back that had worse thermal dissipation and power usage. However, once these same reviewers (the ones I've seen anyway) got their hands on a release chip the power and heat are in fact better than Yonah. PC Perspective has a very telling example of this, their release chip was actually faster than both the Yonah and Merom sample they tested, but performed better than both in heat output and power usage.
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