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Why have a Solo?

post #1 of 20
2/22/06 at 9:14pm
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Isn't the idea of having this new processors is because of it's Duo capabilities?
Why a need of a Core Solo? Are they still better than the latest processors prior to the Core?
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post #2 of 20
2/22/06 at 10:00pm
$$
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post #3 of 20
2/22/06 at 10:28pm
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Originally Posted by verbatim
$$
Yep $$ .

I'm going to upgrade to a duo when the $ is right.

I got in on an insane AAFES deal for $1712 shipped:

1.66 Core Solo
100 Gig 5400 Drive
WUXGA
7800 Go
512 Ram
DVD Burner

AND...a 2405FPW 24" LCD

Basically after selling my lcd for 800 bucks, I got this laptop for 912 bucks FLAT.
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post #4 of 20
2/22/06 at 10:35pm
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Originally Posted by kevhuynh
Yep $$ .

I'm going to upgrade to a duo when the $ is right.

I got in on an insane AAFES deal for $1712 shipped:

1.66 Core Solo
100 Gig 5400 Drive
WUXGA
7800 Go
512 Ram
DVD Burner

AND...a 2405FPW 24" LCD

Basically after selling my lcd for 800 bucks, I got this laptop for 912 bucks FLAT.
Ya hmm I think the SOLO uses a different mother board, so you will not beable to upgrade to a DUO in the future . Someone correct me if Im wrong ?
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post #5 of 20
2/22/06 at 10:38pm
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Originally Posted by kamiraa
Ya hmm I think the SOLO uses a different mother board, so you will not beable to upgrade to a DUO in the future . Someone correct me if Im wrong ?

I already checked here. According to the gurus on this board it's upgradeable. If they prove to be wrong I'm A-Ok with it. For this price I can just run this laptop into the ground and come out ahead =D.

Overclocking this baby and it's clearing 5000 in 3dmark05. Man, that's nearly as fast as my X800XT/AMD64 desktop. Wooo!
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post #6 of 20
2/22/06 at 10:46pm
can you post a SUPERPI number for the SOLO. I would be intrested in the results of this.
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post #7 of 20
2/22/06 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by kevhuynh
Yep $$ .

I'm going to upgrade to a duo when the $ is right.

I got in on an insane AAFES deal for $1712 shipped:

1.66 Core Solo
100 Gig 5400 Drive
WUXGA
7800 Go
512 Ram
DVD Burner

AND...a 2405FPW 24" LCD

Basically after selling my lcd for 800 bucks, I got this laptop for 912 bucks FLAT.
you got ripped off major.

i just priced this:

2ghz core duo
ultra xga
2 yr warranty
60gb 7200 sata hd
1gb 533
6cell battery

came to a little over 1500.

crap i just saw the MONITOR (: good job.
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post #8 of 20
2/22/06 at 11:03pm
Hmm this solo ain't bad.

38 seconds for 1 meg.
1 min 34 seconds for 2 meg on super pi.

On the two minue run, that's a good 14 seconds faster than my 1.73 ghz Dothan. Not bad Intel. Not bad at all.
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post #9 of 20
2/22/06 at 11:24pm
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Originally Posted by izzy
Isn't the idea of having this new processors is because of it's Duo capabilities?
Why a need of a Core Solo? Are they still better than the latest processors prior to the Core?

It'll be the "budget" CPU.
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post #10 of 20
2/22/06 at 11:38pm
get a solo if money is an issue. otherwise, go for duo.
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post #11 of 20
2/23/06 at 12:23am
get the SOLO if your not a graphic designer, hardcore industrial designer (me) , hardcore gamer, video editer...
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post #12 of 20
2/23/06 at 12:33am
I mostly play games and dabble in photoshop, and my Solo's been up to the task. I love this thing. However to try and "futureproof" your system to a certain extent, you may want to get a Duo if you can spare the few extra bucks.
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post #13 of 20
2/23/06 at 1:20am
why get a solo when you can have a faster duo for about 50$ more?

ODD
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post #14 of 20
2/23/06 at 1:28am
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
why get a solo when you can have a faster duo for about 50$ more?

ODD
Alas, the Dell config monkeys on AAFES didn't allow me to bump up to a duo core with my deal. Soo...I'm stuck with what I have til prices drop on teh chips and I upgrade in 6 months or so.

That said... !!!
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post #15 of 20
2/23/06 at 1:43am
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Thank you for all your replies. But I am more interested in the performance issue. Is it better than the previous Intel CPU's it replaces?

I already got my Dell with the Solo. I had the opportunity to get one at a very good price. I thought it was something I can't pass up but the only thing I am questioning being a solo instead of the dual.

At the moment I am happy with its performance but I want to see numbers.
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post #16 of 20
2/23/06 at 2:19pm
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Originally Posted by izzy
Thank you for all your replies. But I am more interested in the performance issue. Is it better than the previous Intel CPU's it replaces?

I already got my Dell with the Solo. I had the opportunity to get one at a very good price. I thought it was something I can't pass up but the only thing I am questioning being a solo instead of the dual.

At the moment I am happy with its performance but I want to see numbers.

The fastest core solo is nowhere as fast as the fastest Centrino Pentium M. The increased FSB of the new Core processor has a the drawback of having higher latency in the L2 Cache. Therfore, on some tasks it's actuallly SLOWER than the identical clocked Centrino Pentium M processor.

The price of production of the core solo and core duo processors is roughly the same. It's just a money grabing game on the part of PC manufactures to offer the solo systems. I wouldn't grab a solo processor unless I just didn't have the few extra dollars for the upgrade. At the speeds they are offering the solo processors it just doesn't make a lot of sense IMHO.
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post #17 of 20
2/24/06 at 8:39pm
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Originally Posted by chevyrulz099
you got ripped off major.

i just priced this:

2ghz core duo
ultra xga
2 yr warranty
60gb 7200 sata hd
1gb 533
6cell battery

came to a little over 1500.

crap i just saw the MONITOR (: good job.
Can share with me how? I would like to get the same thing except 9 cell, BlueTooth and 100gb 5400 hd
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post #18 of 20
2/25/06 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by SciFer
Can share with me how? I would like to get the same thing except 9 cell, BlueTooth and 100gb 5400 hd
AAFES. If you're in the military or know somebody who is, you can get those kind of deals.
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post #19 of 20
2/25/06 at 1:19am
core solo is intel's way of not wasting money on chips where only one core works... when one core tests bad but the other works intel can disable the other core and sell it as a solo... in the end no wasted silicon...

also core solo processors have the possiblility of being cooler and lesspower consuming than the dual... passivly cooled desktop system anyone? how bout an ulv core solo processor? not sure if intel is making them but if they do we could be talking about power consumption in the milliwatts... 12 hour notebooks here we come...
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post #20 of 20
2/25/06 at 8:09pm
go and read some dual core reviews... they're all over the web. You can expect much the same relative performance to a Duo as any single core chip relative to its dual core counterpart.
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