Posts by mav99

hey k6. thanks for posting yor efforts. sorry but i cant help out as far as helpful info goes but i'll keep my eye on this post and see how things are going. seems like you got a less than stellar 735 as others have been able to...

Quote: Originally Posted by drizek arent these slower than regular hdd though? they're definitely the opposite of slower.

it will be a long while before you see a pure 40gb flash drive at an affordable price. i think in about 18 months you'll see hybrid 2.5 inch hard drives that incorporate around 4gb of flash memory. those are going to be sweet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiz33 You'll definately need a BIOS update for the system to recognise the new chip. well, if true, then this is what i thought. since you always need a bios update when using new...

so this is what i'm curious about, when a chipset and cpu debut together, has it ever been possible to upgrade that cpu to the next generation chip (and still take advantage of all the new abilities of the new chip) WITHOUT a bios...

no way a 7300 would outperform a 6800. in fact i think that the 6600 will even beat it out, though i think they would be very close.

here is the original thread about this http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=113034

Quote: Originally Posted by runninkyle17 I know this is a very long link, but I saw it posted on notebookreview.com and I though it was interesting. It looks like the battery life for the new Yonah notebooks are really...

Quote: Originally Posted by reldavidson Its 800 across the board chaps; Intel Crestine-GM (Crestline?) chipset for Merom is expected to be released in Late 2006. Crestine-GM is part of the Santa Rosa platform and is...

Quote: Originally Posted by chuck232 Well just think, Intel's forced chipset changes for things far less than cache and 32-64bit. Think 925X to 925XE to 955X to now 975X. That's 4 chipsets at the top end in like a year...