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Choosing a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo Laptop

or Introduction I’ve been in the market for a new laptop recently and have been trying to decide between purchasing a new Core Duo system now, or waiting a few months for all the Core 2 Duo laptops to be out and then take my pick. A usage requirement I realized recently that I had [...]

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Intel Core 2 Duo chips instock at Newegg

Well it looks like some (the slower ones) of the new Core 2 Duo chips are finally in stock at Newegg now: Here are 6300/6400/6600/6700 Here is the 6800 Extreme One thing I’m surprised to see on the slower chips is how many reviews/votes there are already… people must be building these machines up as fast as they [...]

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