A year ago people where asking, quad core laptop or duo core laptop. Things have moved on and the current, latest and greatest, is Core i7 laptops.  The Intel Core i7 is the successor to the Intel Core 2 brand. The current models still use 4 cores so it is still technically quad core laptops, but will soon utilize up to 6 cores, all of them hyper threaded.

The geek stuff.

The mobile version of the Core i7 has 6-8 MiB of layer 3 cache. It uses a uPGA-989 socket with minim feature size of 42 nm. The TDP is 45-55 W.

Take a look at this gaming benchmarks from the PC Games Hardware. The core i7 blasts its competition away.

Do you need a core i7 laptop?

They come at a price the Dell/Alienware M15x for starters will have a base price of $ 1 499. The core i7 will for now mostly appeal to gamers who are always looking to get an extra few FPU’s. The core i7 does have the advantage of very low power usage even while performing at incredible speeds. Who doesn’t want a laptop with long battery life? As software require an ever more powerfull laptop everybody will soon find themselves shopping for a core i7 laptop.

Quick overview of Core i7 Laptops available.

Dell/Alienware M15x: Core i7 CPU with Nvidia discrete graphics, 8GB of RAM.
Dell Studio 15 and Dell Studio 17: Core i7 CPU with Radeon 4000-series discreet graphics.
Asus M60J soon 2 more gaming laptops will be released The G60J and the G51J.
HP Pavilion DV8 18.4, the laptop features Core i7 and Geforce GT 230.
HP Envy 15 claimed by HP to be the fastest consumer laptop ever, need we say more.

We cant wait until the Core i7 laptops come out later this year with 6 cores. Until then enjoy these core i7 laptops.

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