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    If they ship R61 T5xxx, what else will change?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hunts4--bargin, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. hunts4--bargin

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    What else might they need to come up with? Software mods, other h/w tweeks to make everything operate correctly?? Change sales literature? Too expensive?
     
    hunts4--bargin, Jul 30, 2007
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    Why would they need to change anything? Its just a processor
     
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    If they actually ship mine, would I be able to upgrade the cpu down the road? Dont you think the R61 was built around the T7xxx, might need some adjustments?
     
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    No, it uses the same socket. Plug and Play
     
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    Playmaker, Jul 30, 2007
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    Yes, very compelling. What the t5xxx's dont have and the t7xxx's do is Virtualization...are any of the "pre-packaged" programs utilizing this function?
     
    hunts4--bargin, Jul 31, 2007
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    I don't know about laptops, but I have the virtualization feature turned off on my desktop CPU because I am overclocking it. I've got a well-behaved E6300 overclocked to 3.0 Ghz (up from 1.83 Ghz). I tried turning off virtualization even when I wasn't overclocking the CPU and didn't notice any difference in performance.
     
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    Virtualization only matters when you're working with multiple OSes.
     
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    So it would definitely be a plus feature for software developers using multiple OSes to test out their builds.
     
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    That is correct
     
    mtor, Jul 31, 2007
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