Intel is expected to announce the release of its 2 GHz P4-M on Tuesday 25 June, Australia time, and laptop manufacturers are gearing up to be the first to market.
A combination of memory and chip vendor in-fighting should see PC prices drop across Australia.
The launch of the 2.4GHz processor for desktops, the chipmaker's fastest Pentium 4 to date, is part of bigger plan to push the Pentium 4 into nearly every sector in the PC market.
Intel will launch its long awaited Pentium 4 processor for laptops and notebooks in Australia next week.
Taiwanese chip maker Via Technologies has stepped up its legal battle with Intel, filing a lawsuit that seeks to halt sales of Intel's flagship Pentium 4 processor.
The launch of the 2.4GHz processor for desktops, the chipmaker's fastest Pentium 4 to date, is part of bigger plan to push the Pentium 4 into nearly every sector in the PC market.
ZDNet Australia reviews four of the most powerful notebooks on the market today.
There seems to be a pre-Xmas lull at the moment, with very little happening on the new products front. The early announcements have come out, and the last-minute surprises aren't due for a few weeks. Check out this week's new product releases.
For years Intel's been selling processors based on a simple metric; more speed is better. Now it seems as though it's undergoing something of a backflip.
With the non-stop improvement of chips by Intel and AMD, it's no wonder there are new notebooks on the market every other day.
The staple diet of new switches and broadband technologies has this week been supplemented by a healthy addition of notebook launches.
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