http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/ Engadget Comments for AMD's Congo platform getting really official next month? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
Hopefully these will live up to expectations, if there are any. ]]>Oct 18th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 18th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 18th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/AMD's Congo to officially fail next month like every other AMD project since Intel's core duo chips.
Intel to pay one more billion penalty, cause it's ok for monopoly companies.]]>Oct 18th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 18th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Thing is, just because AMD doesn't have the top of the top in performance, doesn't mean AMD can't excel at mainstream or budget prices or even surpass the competition at the same price range.
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These ultraportables will either run Home Premium or Professional. They are not netbooks, I believe they are a inbetween full fledged performance chip and the weaksauce that Atom is. Something to compete with the Core 2 Duo ULV CPUs. They will be cheap, much faster than an Atom an should have low overall power consumption.

This is pretty much what I have been waiting for, a cheap C2D ULV in an 11-12" form factor.]]>Oct 18th 2009 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
I think all this "lack of consumer demand" is a smokescreen and the real reason is all about Windows 7. These ultrathins would not qualified for the netbook XP oem price, and putting Vista on them would have been expensive and given relatively poor performance. Once everything from netbooks on up run Win7 and scaling properly in price/performance, the 11" dual core "super netbook" makes much more sense.]]>Oct 18th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 18th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
Intel, would you launch Arrandale already?]]>Oct 18th 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
Here's my specs:
HP dv2-1100z
4 GB ram single DIMM
200 GB Seagate HDD 7200 rpm ( aftermarket, original was a 320 GB WD 5400 rpm )
12.1" screen
ATI Mobility Radeon 3300 HD Discrete GPU wit HDMI
Bluetooth and Wi-fi

I play "The Witcher" (low gfx details but plays nonetheless) and web development on it.
I didn't get the Blu-Ray player because it's complete overkill on this size of a screen, but now am considering it since the HDMI works beautifully. So yeah. . . . Engadget is about 5-6 months late. But i absolutely love my laptop with the Turion Neo X2 L625 and my wife couldn't be happier. They are portable, powerful, and light.

And as far as the "Congo" AMD renamed it to "2nd Generation Ultra-Thin" due to controversy. Just FYI Darren.]]>Oct 20th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9556358&type=product&id=1218123847359
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for the same price I would go the the DV-4 2045dx

it has the ATI 4200 which is a decent card in a laptop, not earth shaking but much better then the integrated shit.]]>Nov 30th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/
^^ its only 1 inch bigger in screen size. And yes they sell the laptop in your OP at bestbuy but no one buys it. ]]>Nov 30th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/]]>Oct 18th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 18th 2009 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/18/amds-congo-platform-getting-really-official-next-month/Oct 23rd 2009 2:10AM