Quote Originally Posted by MAS View Post
Movieman, i see only 5-8 per cent penryn average advantage over conroe

where did you find 10-25 per cent he-he
From the different comments I've seen. If it's 5-8%, I won't argue, I still feel the same, any increase over what is already a great cpu(C2D) is a plus..
I can't wait until someone on the site gets one in hand and sees what they can do in real world numbers.
I grew up with slide rules and adding machines so that might explain why you see the excitement of a little kid in me when I see what these can do so please excuse my enthusiam.
When I stop to think that when I went to school there was no such thing as a PC, calculator, color TV, cable TV, internet, disc brakes, seatbelts,etc, it really boggles the mind to see the advances.
I was 9 years old when Alan Shepard made his 15 minute trip into space and watched it on a 19" B+W TV with rabbit ears for an antenna in a classrom with 30 others glued to the screen.
Like I said, amazing advances and now I sit here with not one, but 2- 8 core clovertown machines in my house and it really makes one sit back in awe at times.
To appreciate what we have today, one has to look back a generation and see what was.