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    New Penryn's Listed In Latest T61/T61P Hardware Manual

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Rambler, Jan 17, 2008.

  1. Rambler

    Rambler Notebook Consultant

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    I just thought I'd give everyone a note that the new intel penryn cpu's are listed in the latest January 2008 T61/T61P hardware manual on page 144 and 145.

    They include:

    - T8100 (2.1Ghz) FRU 42W7881

    - T8300 (2.4Ghz) FRU 42W7880

    - T9300 (2.5Ghz) FRU 42W7879

    - T9500 (2.6Ghz) FRU 42W7878
     
    Rambler, Jan 17, 2008
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    dlhuss Notebook Consultant

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    Ten days ago I ordered 42 Penryn T61s off of Lenovo.com for an average price of $350. For some reason they got cancelled.

    They were offering the Penryn's along side the Santa Rosa's - pricing was very similar. There was an option to upgrade to a 250 GB HD from 80 GB and it dropped the price $70.
     
    dlhuss, Jan 17, 2008
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  3. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3195&p=1

    Here's an interesting review. They liked the Penryn but not for reason that you may think. It has mild performance gains of the Santa Rosa family but it runs at a slightly lower core voltage and that saves power. IE they liked it for increases in battery life.
     
    Renee, Jan 17, 2008
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  4. AceOfSpades

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    These processors cannot come soon enough
    I'm waiting on pins and needles here..
     
    AceOfSpades, Jan 17, 2008
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  5. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    What excites you about it?
     
    Renee, Jan 18, 2008
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    Nothing in particular, I realize that it isn't as huge as a chipset refresh, I've just been waiting so long to buy a laptop, and I figure that since I've been waiting so long, I may as well wait for Penryn to come out..

    I'm running a desktop with an Athlon 3000+ and 1 GB DS RAM, so the upgrade will be mind blowing to me!
     
    AceOfSpades, Jan 18, 2008
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  7. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    My desktop is a dual core extreme with 4 gb of memory using server 15000 rpm disks.

    It seems to me that here are some things that my thinkpad will do faaster. I do think your socks will fall off.

    enjoy.
     
    Renee, Jan 18, 2008
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  8. AceOfSpades

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    Indeed they will haha, thank you! I can't wait!
     
    AceOfSpades, Jan 19, 2008
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  9. anarky321

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    any news of whether the X61 will come with anything faster than the T8300?? i would kill for one with a T9500
     
    anarky321, Jan 19, 2008
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  10. coldplay

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    well, Dell's Penryn is out already. Lenovo, hurry up.
     
    coldplay, Jan 19, 2008
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