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    Hewlett Placard Scamming Indian Customers

    Discussion in 'HP' started by friedclyde, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. friedclyde

    friedclyde Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hewlett Placard has been selling laptops claiming that they are Intel latest notebook processor offerings the Core2Duo brand name but instead show specs of the previous generations of Intel’s Notebook Processors.

    HP India has been selling the dv2119TX Entertainment Notebook claiming it has a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor that runs at 1.6 GHz has 1 MB Level 2 Cache and a bus speed of 533 MHz.

    As far as my knowledge goes I was sure that all the Core 2 Duo notebook processors ran at 667 MHz bus speed and have a minimum of 2 MB to 4 MB L2 Cache. So I decided to check at Intel.

    Well I was right! Scammers!

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    hotboy Notebook Consultant

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    You are not right. Intel did produce Core 2 Duo at 1.6ghz, but didn't offically anounce. HP US has the same option for hp dv2000t
     
    hotboy, Dec 12, 2006
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  3. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    What the hell is he talking about???
     
    Angelic, Dec 12, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The T5200 is a Core 2 Duo. No scam. the bus and clock speeds are the same as you have mentioned(533MHz, 1.6GHz). It is a OEM only processor, so you wont find specs for it on Intels website.
     
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    **** dats too bad
    my cuz has bought that laptop!!!
     
    sa_ill, Dec 12, 2006
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  7. Greg

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    The T5200 isn't that bad by any means. Most processors have too much power anyway, and you get what you pay for (meaning you got a nice machine for less $$$ that will suit you perfectly fine).
     
    Greg, Dec 12, 2006
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    friedclyde Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry guys i made a mistake thanks for letting me know. Thanks do you guys know the performance of this processor vs the one clocked at the same speed but 667 MHz bus?
     
    friedclyde, Dec 13, 2006
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  9. Greg

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    The closest Core 2 in terms of speed is the 1.66GHz@667 T5500. AFAIK, the difference should amount to less than 5% faster give or take a little.
     
    Greg, Dec 13, 2006
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