Interesting...does that mean that if I wanted to download the "free XP" with the P7450, I could not? And use VMware?
> -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 11:17 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Laptop processor > > P7450 - 2.13GHz 3MB 1066MHz FSB 45nm 25-watt withOUT Intel > Virtualization > Technology (VT) - needed for W7's XP Mode, or Windows Virtual PC in W7 > at > all. > > P8400 - 2.26GHz 3MB 1066MHz FSB 45nm 25-watt with Intel VT. > > So the P8400 has 130MHz and Intel VT over the P7450. I hate that Intel > uses > VT as a product differentiation point. With W7's XPM, they've been > forced to > go back and re-add it to a number of their more popular mainstream > business > offerings as a new stepping, further confusing the issue. (No steppings > of > the P7450 have VT though.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Gary > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:55 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] Laptop processor > > Is there much of a difference between a P7450 and P8400? >