Comments on: Intel Releases Core 2 Duo Processor for Laptop http://www.liewcf.com/archives/2006/08/intel-releases-core-2-duo-processor-for-laptop/ Tech, Web, How to, Reviews, Tips, Downloads, and Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:44:35 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: kewhttp://www.liewcf.com/archives/2006/08/intel-releases-core-2-duo-processor-for-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-177136 kew Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:21:05 +0000 http://www.liewcf.com/blog/?p=2497#comment-177136 remember, when you get a laptop with Core 2 Duo, you are actually getting a whole new package with bigger HDD, faster FSB, faster chipsets and faster and larger Ram, so even if the CPU itself does not give you much performance increase, the other periferals does, and today the bottleneck is not on the CPU, but rather the I/Os, so if you buy a new Core 2 Duo laptop, you are definately getting a much faster machine... overall... and it is worth the money... remember, when you get a laptop with Core 2 Duo, you are actually getting a whole new package with bigger HDD, faster FSB, faster chipsets and faster and larger Ram, so even if the CPU itself does not give you much performance increase, the other periferals does, and today the bottleneck is not on the CPU, but rather the I/Os, so if you buy a new Core 2 Duo laptop, you are definately getting a much faster machine… overall… and it is worth the money…

]]> By: Tien Soonhttp://www.liewcf.com/archives/2006/08/intel-releases-core-2-duo-processor-for-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-175451 Tien Soon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:35:57 +0000 http://www.liewcf.com/blog/?p=2497#comment-175451 A system architecture has a number of factors driving the performance. Even though the processor is growing faster in theoritical figure, the actual performance could be constrained by other bottlenecks, especially the hard drive performance. You can read more about how <a href="http://tiensoon.blogspot.com/2006/08/hybrid-drive-next-wave-in-computer.html" rel="nofollow">hybrid-drive will resolve this bottleneck</a>.Besides, the OS support is also an issue. Since the new and improved architecture in microprocessor often requires compatible low level system support, only OS and application written to leverage the new functionality will benefit from the boosted architecture. A system architecture has a number of factors driving the performance. Even though the processor is growing faster in theoritical figure, the actual performance could be constrained by other bottlenecks, especially the hard drive performance. You can read more about how hybrid-drive will resolve this bottleneck.

Besides, the OS support is also an issue. Since the new and improved architecture in microprocessor often requires compatible low level system support, only OS and application written to leverage the new functionality will benefit from the boosted architecture.

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