X61 machines with Penron?

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alpuzz · #1 Post by **alpuzz** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:26 am

Hi,

Any idea when machines will be available with the Penron chipset? How much advantage will there be to holding out for a Penron over the T7300?

Thanks,

awolfe63 · #2 Post by **awolfe63** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:40 pm

Penryn.

Low voltage chips don't seem to be out yet so no X61s soon. No news on the other X models yet.

dfumento · #3 Post by **dfumento** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:50 pm

Incidentally, the X61 vs. X61s uses the NV CPUs which do not allow for hardware virtualization if you should need it. The X61s does allow for virtualization (I'm using it).

#4 Post by **erik** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:04 pm

alpuzz wrote:How much advantage will there be to holding out for a Penron over the T7300?

as the saying goes, if you don't know what it is then you probably don't need it.

alpuzz · #5 Post by **alpuzz** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:55 pm

erik wrote:
alpuzz wrote:How much advantage will there be to holding out for a Penron over the T7300?
as the saying goes, if you don't know what it is then you probably don't need it.

Well, I know what it is, at least in theory. A 45nm platform, more l2 caching, perhaps a better heat/performance ratio. I guess what I'm asking, and what nobody can probably answer yet, is how much real world difference would holding out for these make? I'm evaluating a purchase of several T61 machines for work. We can purchase any time between now and May. What would you do?

Thanks,

dfumento · #6 Post by **dfumento** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:41 pm

What will probably make more of a difference to a lot of people is when the next refresh after Penryn comes out using the Montevina platform which promises to have a graphics processing unit with 3x 3D capability of current Santa Rosa platform.

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