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Dual core Opteron notebook :shock:

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:54 am
by kenc51
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25351 :yikes:

Intel have their Yonah CPU (i'm sure Apoptosis can testify how good that is!!)

Seems this laptop uses a dual core Opteron! :shock:

AND
According to the Inquirer -> SUPPORTS UPTO 16GB OF RAM :drool:

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:16 am
by gvblake22
What the......
That's.. just.. rediculous :shock:
I am still skeptical about anything coming from the Inquirer though...

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:12 pm
by kenc51
gvblake22 wrote: I am still skeptical about anything coming from the Inquirer though...
How come?
I find thier "articles" very informative!
It's part of my daily browsing...

The vast majority of news is spot on, just watchout for their sources first b4 making any judement.....

The Register is good too, except they are more geared towards enterprise and HPC etc.

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:16 pm
by Sovereign
16GB RAM in a laptop? Hellooo 8GB memory sticks...AFAIK only 2 SODIMMs fit in a laptop.

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:28 pm
by kenc51
Sovereign wrote:16GB RAM in a laptop? Hellooo 8GB memory sticks...AFAIK only 2 SODIMMs fit in a laptop.
Read the article?

Qoute
"This thing is deep, kind of like the luggable computers of years ago." While from the front it looks like a VERY rugged notebook, it's really much thicker than any notebook.

This link shows what it looks like!
http://www.nextcomputing.com/flextremeopteron.htm

Its a single core one, but size is the same