Article on Sandy Bridge for Notebooks.

Should you wait for Intel's Sandy Bridge laptops? | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News

I've noticed many on this forum, and many in general, are unsure about whether to purchase a notebook now, or wait for Sandy Bridge.

For complete unbiased-ism, I suggest reading the article, followed by the first comment.

This link is a desktop processor chart.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3922/intels-sandy-bridge-architecture-exposed

This link is a mobile processor chart.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3876/intels-core-2011-mobile-roadmap-revealed-sandy-bridge-part-ii



P.S. I'm still unsure.

 

imo SB doesnt look all that impressive, even the lynfield and westmere were not that great (although i have to admit performance was amazing). I believe the reason to this is because that the 775 was TOO successful and now its AMD's turn for the crown

 

SB is OK, and then some more. If the leaked pricing is correct, you'd be able to pick an i5-2500K at a very decent price for the impressive performance you can draw. Not much for gamers but SB looks like the killer CPU when it comes to RTS & MMORPGs. Even better when it comes to laptops, improved power management and IGP combined with Optimus or equivalent should yield the long awaited significant boost in battery life.

 

As I said in other threads, if there's no native USB 3.0 support I wont be buying. Personally I would love to see an ultraportable with USB 3.0, SATA 6gb/s, SDXC card reader and bluetooth 3.0 +hs. I know the latter two are really dependant on the OEM to provide that, but still that's the system I'm waiting for.

 

To be honest I will have to keep a close eye on the business class machines. A good 17" 1920x1200 with just integrated graphics and even i7-920xm should offer decent battery life and performance while staying cool and light for a DTR class notebook. Things are looking up for upgrading down the line in 2011....................

 

Are you going to upgrade your entire laptop or just the CPU and 3.0 ports?

 

So when is this architecture hitting the market? Q4,10 or Q1,11?

 

Should be Q1 2011, after CES.

 

Oh my god. The comment section of that CNET article tiltet me so bad.
Tell me: Why WHY do people aaaaaalways have the urge to make an discussion about a competitor when the article is about one product and the author have not even mention the competitors??

Article about Intel CPUs, some smartass have to talk about how awesome AMD is.

Article about NVIDIA GPUs, some smartass have to talk about how awesome ATI is.

Article about Intel SSDs, some smartass have to talk about how awesome Crucial SSDs is.

Article about Gran tourismo 5, some smartass have to talk about how awesome Forza is.

etc etc etc.

Why do people always have to try to lecture and talk like they are the f***ing oracle of wisdom. Im sick of it. Seriously! PMS although im a man.

/rant. Sorry continue discussion

 

There are tons of articles about the competitors too, so why cant people just focus on what is written.
It is NOT biased just because CNET chose to write about Sandy Bridge FYI OP

 

You will to need purchase a new laptop, if you want Sandy Bridge and/or 3.0.

 

Simple: because an informed consumer is better than one that is not.

All products have pros and cons; and one of the best ways to distinguish what is relevant and what is not is through comparisons. That's where knowing what the the competition is doing/providing comes in.

In my view, there's nothing wrong with that (in fact, I appreciated it) so long as you don't take the thread too far off track.