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Intel Core i9 Benched: Six Cores Of Pure Joy
6:22AM John Herrman | On paper, the Core i9 might not sound that exciting: It’s a lot like the Core i7, except built with a 32nm fabrication process and two extra cores, for a total of six. Early benchmarks, though, say it flies. Sometimes. More »
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Dell Studio 17 Touch: Dell’s First Touchscreen Laptop From $US800
7:19AM Mark Wilson | While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first touchscreen laptop, and it’s one big machine. More »
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11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors]
27-inch iMac Benchmarks: Core i7 Vs. Core i5
11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors]
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First Of The Quad Core i5 iMac Benchmarks
10:32AM Brian Lam | Electronista has benchmarked the new Quad Core i5 chips in the new iMac, and comparing his scores to mine, its pretty clear we’ve got almost two times some scores in some CPU/memory tests. More »
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Intel’s 32nm Arrandale Core i5 And i7 Chips For Anorexic Notebooks
8:04AM Matt Buchanan | We know, the Core i7-i5-i3 stuff is confusing. Not to make it worse, but Digitimes outs some of Intel’s notebooks plans for next year: a triplet of processors of Core i7 and i5 processors, codenamed Arrandale, for skinny laptops. More »
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Apple Shipping Beefier Core i5 And i7 iMacs
12:12AM Mark Wilson | We were impressed by the new Core 2 Duo iMac, but advised that you might want to hold off for the Core i5/i7 versions to ship. AppleInsider is reporting that, well, they’re shipping from Shanghai as we speak. [AppleInsider]
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Acer’s Big Arse Aspire 8940: 18.4-inch Screen, Core i7 Processor
11:55PM Danny Allen | With an oversized LED-backlit 18.4-inch display, Core i7 720QM processor and Windows 7, the Aspire 8940 is set to face off with HP’s Pavilion dv8 and Toshiba’s Qosmio X500 in the uber desktop replacement stakes. And it’ll probably cost less. More »
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Lenovo Lineup Includes Core I7, ULV And Cyborg Chic
3:01AM Dan Nosowitz | Lenovo introduced a few new computers today, most interesting among them (visually, at least) being the B500 all-in-one with a crazy angular design. But they’ve also got their first Core i7 notebook and a pretty nice-looking ultraportable. More »
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Y550 Laptop Lenovo’s First With A Core i7 Inside
3:00AM Brian Lam | The Y550P, a 15-inch laptop, is Lenovo’s first consumer portable to offer a Core i7 option. More »
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