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Core 2 Duo Notebooks On The Way
Blog Alienware informs us that its shiny new Area-51 m5550 Core 2 Duo notebook is even now winging its way -- DHL permitting -- from Ireland to take its place on the reviews testbench. If you prefer your mobile technology a bit more down to earth, we'll...
[October 31, 2006, 8:55]
Core 2 Duo Speeds Up Apple's IMacs
Talkback This is like me me saying that my new amazing machine that i made comes with Core 2 Duo. No one cares, who would buy an incompatible mac anyway? the sooner macs can run windows the better for Apple and everyone.
[September 8, 2006, 17:22]
Core 2 Duo Speeds Up Apple's IMacs
News Apple's iMac desktops are now equipped with Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors, the Mac maker said on Wednesday. According to Apple, the new machines will operate 50 percent faster than the 20-inch version with the original Core Duo.
[September 7, 2006, 8:35]
Intel Sets Date For Core 2 Duo Launch
News The Core 2 Duo will be unveiled at an event scheduled for 27 July at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, a company spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. The Core 2 Duo chips will deliver better performance with lower power consumption than...
[July 12, 2006, 9:55]
MacBook Pro Laptops Get Core 2 Duo Processor Upgrade
News Apple has revved up its MacBook Pro notebooks with Intel Core 2 Duo processors, double the memory and a faster FireWire peripheral connection. Unlike some of Apple's computer announcements — like last month's unveiling of Core 2 Duo-equipped iMac...
[October 24, 2006, 16:45]
PC World Escapes Censure Over Core 2 Duo Claims
News A national press advert for the retailer featured laptops and PCs using Intel's dual-core Core 2 Duo processors. Part of the ad read: "Core 2 Duo twice as fast… Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology with Core 2 Duo processor.
[July 5, 2007, 17:58]
Intel's Core 2 Duo Delivers On Promises
News Independent chip reviewers across the Internet have unveiled the results of their tests of Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo processor for desktops, or the chip formerly known as Conroe. The results back up our own tests, published last Friday, which...
[July 17, 2006, 8:45]
Intel Core 2 Duo Preview Benchmarks: A Different Approach
Talkback You say, "The other two multitasking combinations didn't have quite as impressive a showing; but nevertheless, the test system still performed the combined tasks in reasonable time, " You are not reading your own data correctly.
[August 11, 2006, 10:50]
Intel's Core 2 Duo Delivers On Promises
Talkback Isn't it true though the benchmarks are run without utilizing the AMD Hyper-Transfer because this is considered over-clocking? Over-clocking or not, they are designed to run the FSB at 1.6 Ghz.
[July 17, 2006, 18:27]
Intel Sets Date For Core 2 Duo Launch
Talkback perhaps now we might be able to get back into the world of competition instead of ambling along like we have been doing with the CPU war. I'm an Intel fanboy but i have to admit recently even i have been tempted to move over to AMD, i haven't but...
[July 14, 2006, 17:14]
Intel's Core 2 Duo Delivers On Promises
Talkback It is a welcome reversal, and it shows that after having been caught napping, Intel have pulled out all the stops to come back at their rivals. I would have preferred it if AMD could have managed a slightly larger market share before this turn of...
[July 17, 2006, 9:17]
Intel's Core 2 Duo Delivers On Promises
Talkback Did I read the benchmarks correctly ? Is one chip to be called '6800' ? I know that you can't copyright numbers but didn't Motorola have a range of chips called 6800 in the early Apples and Mac ?
[July 17, 2006, 14:15]
Core Duo Gets A Second Lease On Life
News Coming soon to a PC store near you: Core Duo, the sequel. Earlier this year, Intel released the Core Duo processor, and in a few months it will unveil Core 2 Duo processors. The Core 2 Duo name will be used for desktop chips based on the Conroe...
[May 8, 2006, 8:50]
Intel Puts Pentium Out To Grass
News Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years. The Core 2 Duo launch comes as AMD narrows the gap between the two companies with better-performing products for...
[July 28, 2006, 8:55]
Core 2 Notebooks Have Arrived
News Notebook users will get their first crack at Intel's new Core 2 Duo chip starting on Monday, as the chipmaker unveils the final installment of its architectural shift. Merom systems were previewed at Intel's Core 2 Duo launch event in July, but...
[August 29, 2006, 9:30]
Intel Launch Event To Include Merom
News With the hubbub surrounding its Core 2 Duo processor, Intel isn't going to waste any time just focusing on desktops at its launch event on Thursday. Intel has maintained more of an advantage in notebooks with its Pentium M and Core Duo processors...
[July 24, 2006, 8:50]
Intel To Announce Low-end Server Chips
News The chips, close relatives of the Core 2 Duo desktop line, are for low-end servers. Those specifications match those of desktop processors — the Core 2 Duo E6300, E6400, E6600 and E6700. The 3000 series is based on the Core microarchitecture, which...
[September 26, 2006, 12:50]
Our First Three MacBook Winners
Blog You have probably seen the ads for the IT Manager Pro Challenge peppered around ZDNet UK in which we're giving away (among other prizes) five Apple Core 2 Duo MacBooks. Although the competition says you will win a Core Duo, Apple has now replaced...
[November 14, 2006, 10:21]
Intel Removes Lead From Chips
Blog Intel claims its taking an “aggressive stance” towards the use of lead in its chips and has committed to removing its entire 45nm Hi-k family which includes the Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad and Xeon processors.
[May 24, 2007, 11:39]
Apple Explains Its Accounting Conundrum
News Apple began selling MacBook Pro notebooks with Intel's Core 2 Duo processor in September, later adding that chip to MacBooks and iMacs. Apple said on Thursday that it plans to charge customers $1.99 for a software download that enables the 802.11n...
[January 22, 2007, 8:40]
