MEROM support V6J

Hi,

I've seen that the new bios supports the merom.

Could we do then a upgrade of the processor ?????.

Greetings

 

If the bios supports it you can upgrade, it will void your warranty, and probably won't provide much of a boost unless you need 64-bit.

 

yeah i agree that right now, not much use or benefit from merom core 2 duo until full Vista relase and more 64 bit apps/progs.

My main question now is whether to get the V6j-8022p (2ghz core duo cpu) for $1727, an amazing price for the retail $1900 laptop

or the Asus V6J-X009P (t2300 1.66 ghz core duo) as it has a $200 rebate which seems to have expired 9/10/06 for the U.S. but the Canadian one goes to 10/08/06

can't seem to find that good of a price on the v6j-X009P anyway and it wouldnt' be worth risking them not accepting the canadian rebate with US receipt

i might try it with the v6j-8022p anyway, can't hurt?

anyway if according to Caleb the c2d doesn't provide much of a boost until more 64 bit stuff is out then i would be dumb to get the v6j with 1.66ghz yonah processor instead o the t2500 2ghz one just to save a couple bucks or hope for the rebate

i was originally going to go with the 1.66ghz thinking i could get it cheaper especially with teh rebate but again that seems to be expired, prices aren't that great on the 1.66ghz x009P, and if i'm going to be fine with yonha for awhile and not feel the need to upgrade for some time then better then i have the t2500 2ghz yonah

 

but still once vista and more 64 it stuff comes out, you will see many with v6j wanting to do the bios update and even install merom chips themselves so hopefully there will be some threads with info and instructions.

 

Here's what I expect. By no means truly fundamented, just guesswork.

Vista will come out in January 2007 at the earliest. Driver support will be scarce in the beginning. Vista will be buggy for half a year after that. I don't think the tradition of weekly updates is going to die with Windows XP.

Apps that really take advantage of the 64 bits architecture, at least 6 months away. They'll take some time to really sink in and be used. At least 1 year away until we really see the advantages of 64 bits coming to life.

By then, the current CPU generation will be superseded several times. Same goes for GPU cards, HDDs, and many others.

Moreover, as Caleb points out, how many of the users really need 64 bits? Very few.

So, is it worth worrying that a current notebook has or hasn't merom, or merom support, on it? Not in my opinion. Merom compatibility? Perhaps. But not merom support or the CPU itself.

 

well said. I agree and feel this will turn out to be a pretty accurate predction.