From the first review of mobile Core i7, it seems Intel has another hit on their hands. The new 1.73 Ghz Core i7-820QM kept pace with the 2.53 Ghz Core 2 Quad QX9300 in performance and used approximately half the power to do so, more than doubling idle battery life.

You can see all the graphs at PC Pro

I was realy exited to see this put into the new m15x. Realeasing new medium sized laptops like the m15x, with these powerfull processors realy enhances them , and makes them a viable choice from sli/crossfire notebooks...

Intel is just moppin the floors with AMD. I'd be surprised if the shift power changes.... Right now I have no interest in buying AMD or Ati. Remember back in 2004 when it was the opposite??

I'll totally agree about Intel dominating for central processors, but at the moment, I'm definitely leaning toward ATI over Nvidia for graphics cards. AMD's graphics division is not only the first to have a viable DirectX 11 graphics card on the market, but by the time Nvidia has their first DX 11 card out, ATI will have released their whole lineup, and based on a difference in GPU die sizes, the ATI parts should cost less, too.

who gives a crap about DX11?????? (right now)

i7=exciting! Remember that QX9300 it hung with it would crush in dual and single threaded apps. It would run at higher clocks and does more per clock.

I am really really thinking this turbo is the best thing Intel has done in I can't remember when.

I agree!