Penryn on Thinkpads?

When is penryn coming to thinkpads? I've heard that they are coming to macbooks in jan '08. I'm waiting for this to happen before i buy another laptop.

 

Probably around the same timeframe.

But if I were you and needed a laptop, I would not wait for penryn. It gives practically no performance increase or anything worth waiting for.

 

1) I don't need a new laptop right now
2) Right now everything is speculation because no one has tested the chip yet, but it seems like something worth waiting for: http://www.hothardware.com/News/What_Is_Penryn_Bringing_To_The_Table/

 

Try this link.

 

all the Penryns are going to be socket-compatible with the Santa Rosa chipset right? why not buy buy a 1.8C2D now and drop a 3.0Ghz Penryn in there later? their all socket P are they not?

i see the FSB is boosted to 1000 but wouldnt they still be backwards compatible in an 800 santa rosa board?

can anyone confirm that their using DDR3-800 ram? will that be the highest ddr3 you can put in? (because it sucks, its thoroughput is the same as the ddr2 ram i have now), and higher latency too

 

Its not a bad idea but a lot of people are actually looking for the lower Watt cpu's also so it will be a even longer wait for them. Also the Quad core penryn should be out Q2 08

 

the average person isnt even utilizing dual cores yet, i really dont see any reason to upgrade to quad core in the next 1-2 years, we're just starting to see software optimized for dual this year

and apparently it will stay 800mhz FSB, the 1066 FSB is on desktop chipsets just as it was with santa rosa, so yea they should be total compatible to drop one in later

anyone know if there will be a dedicated GPU option on the next X series?

 

So they new Penryn are going to be on the 45 nm process right, as opposed to the 65 nm of the current chips?

It seems stupid to me that they aren't releasing some dual-core 45 nm CPU's for laptops, in order to get bettery battery life. Dual core is more than fast enough for us already, what we could really use is a 45 nm chip just for power savings...

As if I need more CPU power in my notebook! Most people can't even fully use their dual core CPU's. Sigh...

 

some people just want the latest tech even though they have not even fully utilized the current dual cores. I myself have also wanted the latest and greatest, but after trying C2D vs. CD, I found zero difference in the kind of tasks that I do. Ok, so it might've shaved 5 seconds off of super pi, so what? Unless its the revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary, you're not going to notice a difference.

 

Yah I think most people don't even fully use the fastest SINGLE core CPU's! Argh...

They should be putting the 45 nm process to use for POWER SAVINGS on notebooks.

You know why they are pushing forward quicker with the quad cores? It's hype and advertising that's why. They have to keep up appearances, with AMD's quad cores out there... It used to be the megahertz race, now it's the # of cores race. ugh.

Most software isn't even properly written to take advantage of multiple cores. That's a whole 'nother can of worms there...

 

Can you upgrade the processors on the T61p's, I am not sure you could ?

 

The difference between Penryn and Merom (Current Core 2 Duo) is about 10%. This is about as much improvement as there was with the switch from Core Duo to Core 2 Duo.

Yes.

 

Yup at this point I think its better off just saving up for a quad penryn, at least that will last for a good while.

 

I tend to disagree...it is always a waiting game...fine..if we wait 5 mo for a new notebook..in another 5 mo..a better one will come out...

 

YOu should always just buy the fastest technology right when it comes out, that way you are assured of being able to have bragging rights and a faster system than your friends

Kidding..but one nice thing about Thinkpads is they have a prestige associated with them, even the older Thinkpads have a cool factor hehe... You don't get bragging rights when you buy a Dell for example!

 

I would be more interested in what gpu will be in the next gen thinkpads than the processor. IMO the gpu performance improves more with each new generation of thinkpad. Not the same for cpus.

 

Just to clarify, the switch between core dual and core 2 dual is actually a bigger change than the Refresh penryn. It's a different microarchitecture and even is a bigger change than the switch from core solo to core dual.