So, if your stuck with Intel's notebook cpu socket you can buy a $130 Core 2 Duo E7200 for a mere $316 or $348, but you do get twice the L2 cache. Sorry, but even the E7200 is overpriced. Such excess proves the economy is still doing just fine.

Here is the first cetrino 2 laptop at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114496&Tpk...

As with most notebook CPU's - it's best toget a notebook with 2x the ram and a speedier drive, plus the slow CPU than ponying up for the high end one
(800$ US! ouch vs 200$ US jebus)

I want the U3300 (1.2GHz with 3MB cache using 5.5W) in an Eee form factor.

Is it just me or have these processors been available for a while now? I've been looking around for a replacement on my aging HP NW8240 and I remember that the T9400 was available as an option for many of the laptops I looked at.

#6...I recall a $2500 HP 17" notebook model that had Vista-64 before last X-mas...though it was at a compusa. I am unaware if Best Buy buyers selected anything 64-bit for their SKU's. But my point is Vista-64 has been in retail for 9-12 months, I estimate.

Exclusively on Intel machines I might add, though that's probably changed as of late.

So the difference between the P9500 and the T9400 is that the latter is $32 cheaper and uses up to 40% more power? And the P9500 costs $107 more than the P8600 but that buys you twice the cache and 5% more clock speed?

Intel must have fun working out these product matrices.