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?
> 


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