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Core 2 Duo: Everything you need to know about Intel's new chips
(9/12/06)
Intel's next-generation Core 2 Duo desktop and laptop processors have met with almost universal acclaim. Laptops using the new chips are starting to trickle out, and Apple's iMac just received a Core 2 Duo shot in the arm. We've reviewed many of the first Core 2 Duo systems to be released, in addition to some of the chips themselves. There's a mountain of Core 2 Duo desktops and laptops that we'll be testing in the coming months; check back here for the latest news, reviews, and commentary.
Blog: Sooner than expected, Apple has brought Intel's mobile Core 2 Duo (a.k.a.
Merom) chips to its iMac line and introduced a larger size.
September 06, 2006
Blog: Coinciding with Intel's mobile Core 2 Duo announcement today, a number of manufacturers have updated their laptops with the new processor.
August 28, 2006
Blog: As promised at last month's launch event, this morning saw the release of the laptop versions of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors.
August 28, 2006
Blog: Core 2 Duo marks the first time Intel has used the same architecture across its entire line of server, desktop, and notebook processors.
July 27, 2006
Blog: Intel did have a bit of news on the laptop side, committing to an end-of-August time frame for new Core 2 Duo laptop processors to appear in notebooks on store shelves.
July 27, 2006
Blog: Even though we lifted the lid on the new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme CPUs last week, along with early reviews of systems from Falcon, Dell, and Velocity Micro, there are even more desktops with Intel's speedy new chips being announced today.
July 27, 2006
Blog: With Core 2 Duo officially launching today, Intel follows with its own price move on its old Pentium D 900 series and other older dual-core chips.
July 27, 2006
Blog: AMD has promised for months that it would be dropping prices on its desktop CPUs, and today it finally made the new pricing public.
July 24, 2006
Blog: Despite rumors to the contrary, Dell's XPS 700 isn't leaving the factory with an overclocked Core 2 Duo processor.
July 25, 2006
Blog: It's been on Digg, and it's been on Engadget, but the rumors about Dell shipping the XPS 700 are incorrect.
July 14, 2006
Blog: Intel released its Core 2 Duo desktop processors tonight. We threw our full suite of benchmarks at two of the five new chips.
July 13, 2006
Blog: These next-generation dual-core desktop processors are certain to shake up the PC landscape.
July 13, 2006
More Core 2 Duo systems are coming out in the next few months. Check back for
the latest reviews.
Apple iMac Core 2 Duo (24-inch, 2.16GHz)
Velocity Micro ProMagix E220
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
Entire Core 2 Duo product series
Velocity Micro ProMagix E2010
PC Club Enpower Sabre Extreme EN-SE6
Velocity Micro Raptor DCX
Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus Edition
Not every Core 2 Duo-based desktop is a $4,000 gaming monster. We've reviewed a handful that sell for $1,000, give or take. Read our reviews before you break the bank on a new Core 2 Duo PC; you should be able to find what you want and stay within your budget.
August 31, 2006
Intel announced its Core 2 Duo processors in July, but the mobile versions of the chips weren't available until today. Read our reviews here and expect more Core 2 Duo laptop reviews soon.
August 28, 2006
We've already reviewed a handful of Core 2 Duo systems, as well as the chips themselves. Today's official launch of Intel's new CPUs brings even more systems to light.
July 27, 2006
Dell's XPS 700 and Falcon Northwest's Mach V are on the heavyweight gaming powerhouse side and Velocity Micro's Vector GX Campus Edition is for back-to-schoolers.
July 18, 2006
Intel's vPro brand appeared on business PCs from all the usual suspects
Thursday, as the chip company tries out the latest facet of its
platform-marketing strategy.
September 7, 2006
Apple Computer's iMac desktops are now equipped with Intel's new Core
2 Duo processors, the Mac maker said Wednesday.
September 6, 2006
Dell, Gateway, Toshiba and others trotted out their first systems
based on the notebook version of the chip, formerly code-named Merom. Merom
systems were previewed at Intel's Core 2 Duo launch event in July, but
systems are now available for order from PC companies.
August 28, 2006
Intel officially closed the books on the Pentium era on Thursday with the Core 2 Duo, its most important product launch in 13 years.
July 27, 2006
Intel is finally ready to launch its Core 2 Duo processor Thursday at an event at its Santa Clara, California-based headquarters, after months of talks and PowerPoint slides. And based on the early reviews, it appears as though Intel has a winner on performance.
July 27, 2006
Independent chip reviewers across the Internet unveiled the results of their tests of Intel's upcoming Core 2 Duo processor for desktops, or the chip formerly known as Conroe.
July 14, 2006
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