merom and santa rosa

can someone possibly tell me or point me in the direction of an article talking about the major differences between the core 2 duo merom and santa rosa chips

as i understand they are both core 2 duo, but google searches arent helping me much further

 

I think merom can be santa rosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino#Santa_Rosa_platform_.282007.29

 

Core 2 Duo Merom chipset, Napa platform
667mhz CPU FSB
Intel Mobile 945 chipset /w Intel's GMA 950 as integrated card
ICH7M southbridge

Core 2 Duo Merom chipset, Santa Rosa platform
800mhz CPU FSB
Intel Mobile 965 /w Intel's GMA X3100 as integrated graphics
ICH8M southbridge
Optional NAND Intel Turbomemory(aka Robson)
Intel Dynamic Acceleration (IDA), 'supposedly' better Windows Vista Aero support

 

would anyone be able to tell me if the processor on this laptop is the latest one out there
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/prod...594k1971&affiliateid=k1971&mid=sduidp0t569372

 

That processor is a budget Merom processor with a 533MHz FSB. Not Santa Rosa though.

 

The HP Dv6000t series notebooks use the Napa Platform, the HP 6500t use the Santa Rosa Platform. You can also tell by the FSB(533 mhz) in this case or just google the processor and look at the socket (Santa Rosa Processors have a socket P)

 

Intel Core 2 Duo 7100, 7300, 7500, 7700 = Merom 800mhz
Intel Core 2 Duo 7200, 7400, 7600 = Merom 667mhz

 

so this processor really isnt that nice after all i guess, or not the latest and greatest

 

That is correct! I would not buy it! As a matter of fact I don't think I would buy anything because in the next 6 to 7 months I believe both AMD and Intel are going to come out with better systems and CPU's. I hear the 8950m GT is going to be coming out.

 

you really think dont buy anything, hmmmmm im intrigued by this
have you seen my thread in what to buy forum?

 

I've seen a lot. All I am thinking is from your posts is if you give the technology a couple years to develop you'll be right where you wanna be. On top of it.

 

From Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino#Santa_Rosa_platform_.282007.29

Santa Rosa platform (2007)

Santa Rosa Centrino Duo logo
Santa Rosa Centrino Pro logo
The code-name Santa Rosa refers to the fourth-generation Centrino platform, which was released on Wednesday 9 May 2007.

The Santa Rosa platform consists of:

Processors - Socket P

an Intel Core 2 Duo (code-named Merom) second generation processor with 800 MT/s FSB, or
an Intel Core 2 Duo (code-named Penryn) 45nm processor scheduled for release in 1H 2008 [1] for Santa Rosa Refresh platform.
an Intel Mobile 965 Express chipset (code-named Crestline) with Intel's GMA X3100 graphics technology and ICH8M southbridge, 800 MT/s front side bus with Dynamic Front Side Bus Switching to save power during low utilization, and

Intel Dynamic Acceleration (IDA), better Windows Vista Aero support. [2]
RAM supported for DDR2-533 and DDR2-667 SODIMM.
EFI-compliant firmware, a successor to BIOS.
optional NAND flash-memory caching branded as Intel Turbo Memory (code-named Robson)
the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (a/b/g/draft-n) mini-PCIe Wi-Fi adapter (code-named Kedron).
Wireless-N technology boasts a 5X speed increase, along with a 2X greater coverage area, and supports 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal bands, with enough bandwidth for high definition audio and video streams. [1]

Santa Rosa platform come with dynamic acceleration technology. It allows single threaded applications to execute faster. When a single threaded application is running the CPU can turn off one of the CPU cores and overclock the active core. In this way the CPU maintains the same Thermal Profile as it would when both cores are active. Many expect Santa Rosa to perform well as a mobile gaming platform due to its ability to switch between single threaded and multithreaded tasks.[3]. Other power savings come from an Enhanced Sleep state where both the CPU cores and the chipset will power down.

The wireless chipset update was originally intended to include WWAN Internet access via HSDPA (3.5G), (code-named Windigo) co-developed with Nokia [4][5]. After announcing a working partnership, both later retracted the deal citing the lack of a clear business case for the technology. [6].

Support for WiMAX (802.16) was originally scheduled for inclusion in Santa Rosa but appears to have been delayed until Montevina in 2008 [7]. There have, however, been reports that WiMax may still be introduced in 2007.

The Santa Rosa platform is branded as "Centrino Pro" when combined with the enhanced security technologies Intel introduced with vPro and will be called "Centrino Duo" when they are not used.[8]

 

and my X7800 is Merom too

 

to baddogboxer: You know, 6-7 months is a long time. That's close to a year. By the time that 6-7 months has arrived, another person on this forum will post up "don't buy it now, wait for 6-7 more months for an even better laptop......". Technology becomes obsolete in about 6 months to 1 year. Good luck.

to HumanTorch: You should buy computer now. Santa Rosa just came out, so get it.

 

Yea, so my "couple of years" comment is also probably wrong too? Who would of known? Thank you for correcting me.

 

AMD will release a new platform to compete with Santa rosa in the following months.

Intel wont release a new laptop platform before the end of 2008 (from what I remember)

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