Boot Camp Passes Muster In Speed Tests
News According to tests carried out by CNET product reviewers, a MacBook Pro and iMac running Intel's Core Duo processor and Windows XP delivers equal performance to similarly configured PCs designed to run Windows.
[April 10, 2006, 9:15]
Apple Boot Camp (beta) review
Reviews Where the iMac Core Duo in Mac OS X took 6.5 minutes to complete the test, because it must use the Rosetta translation software, the same system running Windows XP Pro took less than 3 minutes. Windows XP Pro SP2; 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo; 1GB DDR2...
[April 10, 2006, 9:05]
Microsoft's Pre-modern Message Puts A New Face On Vista
Blog Comment Currently the workstation is a Core 2 Duo running XP Pro with 3 GB ram and another XP Pro system with an Athalon 2000XP, 2 GB of ram, running SQL Server 2005. Microsoft could offer a Windows XP Embedded Express like its VS2005/8 software tools and...
[August 2, 2008, 20:17]
Apple MacBook Pro (17in., 2.16GHz Core Duo): A First Look review
Reviews The Intel processor gives Apple the potential to match the performance capabilities of its Windows-based competition, but as demonstrated with the 15.4in.model and the iMac Core Duo, we've witnessed the growing pains Apple is experiencing in...
[April 26, 2006, 16:10]
HP Rolls Out Energy-efficient PCs
News The dc5700, which costs $800 (£414), and the dc7700, priced at $959 (£496), both include an Intel Core Duo processor, an 80GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, a DVD/CD-RW drive and Microsoft Windows XP Pro.
[March 12, 2007, 17:16]
Apple MacBook Pro (15.4in., 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) review
Reviews It was also significantly faster than a comparable Core 2 Duo Windows notebook, the HP Pavilion dv6000t, in iTunes -- although we should note that iTunes was created by Apple and we'd expect it run better on Apple hardware.
[November 6, 2006, 10:53]
Toshiba Satellite Pro U300 review
Reviews The various configurations use different Intel Core 2 Duo processors, with options including the 1.66GHz T5450 , 2.2GHz T7500 and 2.4GHz T7700. The Satellite Pro U300-14S runs Windows XP Professional, while the U300-14R can run either Windows XP...
[February 5, 2008, 7:17]
Virtual Dreaming (revised)
Blog The hardware system at work is a Core 2 Duo "P4" running at 2.8Ghz with 3 GB of RAM and the hardware system at home is a P4 running at 2.6Ghz with 1 MB of RAM. That sounds really stupid but if you really want to speed up Windows XP Pro, turn off...
[August 7, 2008, 8:03]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 2.2 GHz Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Submission To Virtual Mania
Blog The development system I use at work has a Pentium Duo in it with 4GB of RAM @ 2.8 Gigahertz so its not an impoverished machine. I've been using VMWare on Windows XP Pro at work and discovered that maybe there is a purpose for virtualization but it...
[November 15, 2008, 15:10]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog Comment Vista is no slouch in this department, either, as it seems to turn my Core 2 Duo laptop into the functional equivalent of my older AMD Turion (single) running XP. But I could never tell that it was doing anything at all, so not having it when...
[January 15, 2008, 13:05]
Acer TravelMate 6463WLMi review
Reviews Its processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 running at 1.66GHz; this is supported by Intel's 945PM chipset and 1GB of DDR2 RAM, upgradeable to a maximum of 4GB. Our review sample of the TravelMate 6463WLMi runs Windows XP Pro, although it carries a...
[March 21, 2007, 8:10]
Toshiba Satellite Pro U400-10H review
Reviews The Satellite Pro U400 is available in a range of configurations: our review sample, the U400-10H, has a Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor running at 2.1GHz. Windows Vista Business with Service Pack 1 is preinstalled, but you get a recovery DVD that...
[August 1, 2008, 15:59]
Lenovo ThinkPad X61s review
Reviews The Lenovo ThinkPad X61s we tested included a low-voltage Core 2 Duo L7500 processor built on Intel's latest Centrino Pro platform. Although it's clearly not the smallest notebook on the market, the ThinkPad X61s is one of the smallest Core 2 Duo...
[June 11, 2007, 10:14]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog It will be interesting to see how it handles the Core2 Duo CPU, the Intel Wireless-N networking, and the built-in Logitech webcam. If all of that works, I'll keep Ubuntu on that one, and swap the S2110 back to the Windows XP Pro disk.jw 3/6/2008
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 review
Reviews If you're wondering what kind of performance increase you can expect from the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, we saw dramatic speed increases with multitasking and multithreaded applications compared to Intel's Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 and AMD's AMD Athlon...
[November 2, 2006, 10:23]
Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 review
Reviews Its processor is Intel’s Core Duo L2400 running at 1.66GHz with 2MB of Level 2 cache. The Toughbook CF-30 runs Windows XP Professional, but not the Tablet PC Edition — the touch-screen enhancements are provided by Panasonic.
[July 19, 2007, 12:43]
