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I've ordered a X60s (170544U) that is estimated to ship on September 4th, 2006.
Accroding to CNET NEWS.com, the Intel Merom chips started shipping to manufacturers in July.
See article here:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/ ... 571,00.htm
The Lenovo Sales Reps don't seem to know about the Merom.
QUESTION: does anyone at this newsgroup know when we can expect to see the Merom chip in the X60?
I read that the Merom chip will work in the same mother board as the Core Duo: "The other beauty of Merom is that it is 100% compatible with existing Yonah designs, meaning that all Core Duo notebooks today should be able to accept a Merom processor with at most a BIOS update.
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2715

I think you need to wait for x61 for Meron, as the cpu is solder in on X series, however you can change it yourself if you have a T60. But meron is about 10 ~ 15 % faster than yonah core. so I will not hold my breath for x61.

luckymaf wrote:I've ordered a X60s (170544U) that is estimated to ship on September 4th, 2006.
Accroding to CNET NEWS.com, the Intel Merom chips started shipping to manufacturers in July.
See article here:
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/ ... 571,00.htm
The Lenovo Sales Reps don't seem to know about the Merom.
QUESTION: does anyone at this newsgroup know when we can expect to see the Merom chip in the X60?
I read that the Merom chip will work in the same mother board as the Core Duo: "The other beauty of Merom is that it is 100% compatible with existing Yonah designs, meaning that all Core Duo notebooks today should be able to accept a Merom processor with at most a BIOS update.
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2715

The sales guys won't know about Merom until it has been announced and they have had training on it. I didn't think any Merom notebooks were going to be shipping until Q4 06. It will be on the X61 which I would expect around october/november. I personally get the impression that its not a big enough leap to hold off a buying decision though.

merom won't be worth buying until santa rosa launchs in the first half of 2007

centrino version 1 was the single core yonahs

centrino version 2 was the dual core yonahs

centrino version 3 will be the dual core meroms

google "intel santa rosa platform" and you'll get a ton more information

i wouldn't hold my breath like the other guys in here have been saying

devilsrejection wrote:merom won't be worth buying until santa rosa launchs in the first half of 2007

centrino version 1 was the single core yonahs

centrino version 2 was the dual core yonahs

centrino version 3 will be the dual core meroms

That's not correct. IIRC...

1st gen. Centrino (Carmel): Pentium M (Banias), 855 chipset, PRO/Wireless 2100b (2200bg allowed)

2nd gen. Centrino (Sonoma): Pentium M (Dothan), 915 chipset, PRO/Wireless 2200bg or 2915abg

3rd gen. Centrino (Napa): Core (Yonah), 945 chipset, PRO/Wireless 3945abg

4th gen. Centrino (Santa Rosa): Core 2 (Merom), 965 chipset, PRO/Wireless 4965agn


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Isn't Merom 64-bit? And isn't that a good thing when running Vista or OS X Leopard?

Merom will indeed be 64-bit; meaning it will be fully able to natively support 64-bit OSes and applications.

christopher_wolf wrote:Merom will indeed be 64-bit; meaning it will be fully able to natively support 64-bit OSes and applications.

So for me, using a T42 but going for a X60, that will be something worth waiting for.

But it all depends on what situation you're in; I've got a pretty good laptop but would like a smaller one since my working conditions changed recently. But I'll manage for another 4-6 months or so (whatever it takes to get a X61 to Sweden...).

goka wrote: But it all depends on what situation you're in; I've got a pretty good laptop but would like a smaller one since my working conditions changed recently. But I'll manage for another 4-6 months or so (whatever it takes to get a X61 to Sweden...).

Oh yes indeed, I myself am waiting for a T61/p.