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Mobile CPU Charts 2007
Tom's Interactive Mobile CPU Charts focus on popular mobile processors, which are used in laptops and notebooks because of their increased energy efficiency. We tested nine AMD and Intel processors tested across 15 different benchmarks using Windows XP. Core 2 Duo is the dominating processor in the notebook/laptop space and AMD's Turion 64 X2 has become a budget option. However, all of these dual core processors deliver sufficient performance for mainstream applications. The Price/Performance Index relates US$ costs to the overall performance.

News

24-Hour Battery Life Laptop from HP
September 9, 2008 – 12:40 PM
HP announced Monday its EliteBook notebook can achieve up to 24-hours of battery life
MIT's US$100-laptop project to be key for AMD share growth in 2006
January 20, 2006 – 10:32 AM
Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) worldwide market share of the CPU market could top 20% in 2006 if the $100-laptop project launched by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab does well in emerging markets, market sources suggested.
FBI says data on stolen VA laptop was not accessed
June 29, 2006 – 4:00 PM
FBI agents have recovered a stolen Veteran Affairs laptop that was taken during a May 3 home burglary.
Laptop Battery Drought To End In Time For Christmas
May 6, 2008 – 7:30 AM in Business
There has been a drought in the supply of lithium ion batteries required to power notebooks that has been squeezing supply of notebooks to the growing market. It should now be over in time for Christmas, according to one executive in the industry. Laptop
One laptop per child aims at $50 price tag
April 6, 2006 – 3:06 PM
The One Laptop Per Child project hopes to lower the cost of its laptop for developing nations to $50 by 2010, Nicholas Negroponte said in the opening keynote at the LinuxWorld conference in Boston.

Articles

OLPC's $100 Laptop
November 19, 2006 – 9:14 PM
Image courtesy: Design Consortium
Fujitsu Lifebook P7120D Laptop
October 8, 2006 – 7:06 PM in INTEL
The P7120D looks great and at 10.28" x 7.83" x 1.26" - 1.43" and 3.2 pounds it qualifies as a small laptop.
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) prototypes appear at CES
January 10, 2007 – 6:14 PM
The green and white OLPC laptops were seen at the Marvell booth. Marvell makes the wireless chips for the project.
CES 2007: The $100 laptop in detail - Slideshow
January 11, 2007 – 12:23 PM
The One Laptop Per Child project is inching towards final production: Prototypes are currently on display at the Consumer Electronics Show and we have used the opportunity to play around with the devices shown by Marvell, which provides the wireless chips for the device. Get a close-up look at the $100 laptop in our slideshow.
CES 2007: The $100 laptop in detail - Slideshow
January 11, 2007 – 11:30 AM
The One Laptop Per Child project is inching towards final production: Prototypes are currently on display at the Consumer Electronics Show and we have used the opportunity to play around with the devices shown by Marvell, which provides the wireless chips for the device. Get a close-up look at the $100 laptop in our slideshow.