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    Acer & AMD Turion64 ML/MT

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mamber, Aug 6, 2005.

  1. mamber

    mamber Newbie

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    :decision:
    Does anybody know the answers for some questions below:

    1. Where is the AMD Turion 64 MT CPUs ?
    and/or
    2. Why Acer puts in his notebooks only AMD Turion64 ML processors ?
    We can see, for example, Aspire 5020 series, TravelMate 4400 series and Ferrari 4000 series of notebooks, all built using AMD Turion64 ML CPU.
    3. When Acer will present notebooks on AMD Turion 64 MT?

    My choice is :amd64:
     
    mamber, Aug 6, 2005
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1. I dont think the MT series has reached full production yet, only very few manufacturers have laptops based on the MT series, the Fujitsu S2110 is one such example. The MT's also do not yet come with higher clock speeds.

    2. Well, I think it was all due to availablility of the ML's, so Acer used them n all of its laptops.

    3. Dont know exactly, but more laptops should be available in the next few months.
     
    miner, Aug 6, 2005
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  3. REDFROG

    REDFROG Notebook Evangelist

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    acer probably got a discount on the processors as well
     
    REDFROG, Aug 7, 2005
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Acer doesn't make any true "ultraportables". The MT processors consume 25W of power, so I think those are targeted for the 5lb< notebooks. The ML uses 35W. That is a big difference.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 7, 2005
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  5. Drutort

    Drutort Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes but i undervolted my travelmate 4402 ;) and its running nice, very nice i think at 1.6ghz is stable at 1.05v thats a big diff from 1.45v :) so i guess its like an MT for me :D

    --- 1.075v had to boost it up for stablity---
     
    Drutort, Feb 15, 2006
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