Dual Core Laptops: This is not last year’s laptop!

The world of laptops is doubling down. The next evolution in

laptops is dual-core technology. Dual core processors are

quickly elevating the laptop experience to the next level

and laptop users are benefiting from the added boost in

performance.

Dual-core means exactly what you think it means, you have

two processors or CPUs in your laptop instead of one.

In theory, this should mean twice the performance level

for all those multitasking tasks we turn to our laptops

to do. However, it must have forms or technology (the

platform) to use and handle all this extra power. Over there

you have to catch up, but to keep things simple,

Hyper-Threading, PCI-Express and SLI are ways of

harnessing or using this additional power.

With the recent presentation of the new Centrino Duo Mobile

Technology, Intel has entered the multicore arena. All this

extra dual power and Hyper-Threading will finally put something

hit on laptops and especially gaming laptops. now almost

On par with desktop PCs, laptops and notebooks can finally

keep your head up when it comes to performance. this is not

your laptop from last year!

How fast things change, Intel is waiting for the Core Duo chip

will be in 230 different laptop designs in the first few months

of 2006. Intel also claims that this Duo chip will offer 68%

more performance over the current Sonoma processor (many

manufacturers say it will be around 30%) and will reduce

battery consumption by another 28% (giving 5 hours for

a standard battery and 10 hours for an extended cell battery).

Still, dual-core processors along with Hyper-Threading

technology, will greatly enhance and improve multitasking

features of your next laptop. The only minor hurdle, many

of today’s current video games cannot use all these multi-

application features. But as more games are released

that you can take full advantage of all this new technology,

expect your gaming enjoyment to increase. as with any news

technology there will probably be a delay before all the

multiple applications can be applied to most new

games coming to market.

Some of the major laptop manufacturers are now sporting the Intel Core Duo

include Dell with its new “entertainment” Dell Inspiron e1705

High-end line of laptops. HP with its Pavilion dv1000 line of

laptop computers, which comes with a remote control and can play CDs and

Unbootable DVD.

Nor is Intel the only player in town with a lot of chips in

the game table. Intel’s main rival, AMD, has introduced

dual-core in its Turion 64 X2 mobile processors. also keep

In mind, in recent tests by CNET Labs, AMD’s Athlon

The 64 X2 chip performed better than Intel’s desktop Dual-Core chip.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022_1-6410042.html

You’re probably wondering, what will this whole new laptop look like?

apply technology? And what does it mean for the average

owner of the laptop? What does it mean for gaming laptops?

Well, let’s examine a sample notebook to see what’s next.

State-of-the-art technology will serve for laptops. Take for example,

the Xtreme SL, a new gaming laptop designed by Rockdirect.

Rockdirect, formerly known as Rock Computers, is a leading UK company

laptop manufacturer that introduced some of the first

dual-core laptops last summer (2005).

Rockdirect’s latest gaming offering, the Xtreme SL has specs

or features that are pretty impressive, even for non-gamers.

It comes with a 2.4GHz AMD Turion 64 ML-44 processor, sports

1 MB L2 cache and 2 Gigs of DDR 400MHz RAM. More importantly, it is

has twin 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX graphics cards with

PCI-Express and SLI (Scalable Link Interface).

SLI allows you to have two graphics cards in your laptop, working in

tangent to increase or double your graphics performance and

visual quality. Adds a 19-inch TFT WSXGA+ X-Glass display

and you have a perfect example of where gaming laptops are at

with all this new technology.

For those involved in gaming, this means the ultimate in gaming.

the experience can be best captured on a dual core laptop

processors and dual graphics cards using the latest SLI or

Hyper-threading technology. And it’s just not for gamers.

New mobile multicore chips are drawing the attention of ordinary users

laptop users who want the best possible performance from their

new, sleek and shiny laptops or notebooks.

Also, why should players have fun with these new

The technologies will greatly benefit all laptop users. That

means a sleeker, faster, more powerful laptop for

all the world. It also means longer battery life for

your laptop, a much-needed upgrade. for the demanding

laptop user working on media creation, multitasking

with video editing, spreadsheets, large graphics… these

Dual-core laptops offer a very capable alternative to the

Bulky and stationary desktop PC.

This new multi-core technology offers maximum performance

in a sleek, quiet package that buyers will find hard to resist.

It will attract even more potential customers to the laptop market,

looking for the ultimate in style, portability and performance.

Dual-core laptops can deliver the goods.

This is surely not last year’s laptop.