Quote Originally Posted by Manicdan View Post
i think they are just different. AMD is staying in its power envelope, inlets is about getting out as much perf as possible.
Intel's turbo also considers the power envelop, but the i7 can get a reasonable measurement of the actual power usage through an onboard chip.

how about the i7 laptops where they had to underclock due to heat, thats not very elegant
That's not really anything to do with turbo; more of the laptop designers not designing the laptop to handle the maximum possible load situations.