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    Where is the Core 2 Duo T7300?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MindBlank, Jan 3, 2008.

  1. MindBlank

    MindBlank Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    I was configuring a XPS laptop today and noticed that there is no T7300 option anymore for basically any model Dell currently has. I was wondering why this is, it seemed to have very good price/performance ratio.

    I noticed the T7250 as a replacement but it does have 2M of cache instead of 4M...

    I'm just curios as to why the sudden disappearance...or maybe not so sudden as i've heard people telling me there's no T7300 option for quite some time now.
     
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  2. B2TheEYo

    B2TheEYo Notebook Deity

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    It's been missing for months.

    I heard Intel made a mistake in judging how many CPU would be needed, And well... Laptop sales spiked like mad and they didn't make enough of that CPU to supply manufactures/vendors with. Basically, no longer in stock or made that I know of.

    It is a shame, cuz it was my favorite, cheap, but effective. Biggest bang for the buck.
     
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  3. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    I thinks it's been replaced with T7250! I think it was because of heat problems, at least in 14'1s
     
    n0elia, Jan 3, 2008
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    H3rmaN Notebook Evangelist

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    nothing to do with heat! You get the more powerful T7500 and T7700 in 13.3" laptops! So the T7300 would have been fine in a 14" laptop with regards to heat!
     
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    um... it's actually probably marketing. considering the t7300 and the t7500 have "real world" performance that is about the same, they basically don't have the t7300 so that if you want the performance (with the 4mb cache) they make you spend the extra $ to get the t7500. = more money for them.
     
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    Divert Notebook Geek

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    I was also surprised to see the T7300 disappear so fast, and I'm glad that I got mine when I did.
     
    Divert, Jan 3, 2008
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    I would wait a few more days and pick up a machine with a Penryn CPU.
     
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  8. MindBlank

    MindBlank Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah, Penryn looks pretty sweet. I was just configuring a laptop to check something out.

    Boy, am i glad i got mine when i did... The T7300 is a very good bang for the buck CPU.
     
    MindBlank, Jan 3, 2008
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