Anandtech Benchmarks Intel’s Yonah

Anandtech got their hands on Intel’s new Yonah CPUs, and they’ve published Intel Yonah Performance Preview – Part I. Here’s a brief explanation of Yonah, from the article:

As the successor to the current Pentium M (Dothan) and the predecessor to next year’s Conroe, Merom and Woodcrest cores, Yonah is a very important chip. As a mobile processor Yonah will bring dual core to thin and light notebooks, basically anywhere you’d find a Pentium M, you’ll now be able to find two Pentium Ms. The implications for mobile performance are huge, as multitasking on notebooks has rarely been all that great of an experience.

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Review: Fujitsu LOOX T70M (AkihabaraNews.com)

Akihabara News has a new review of the Fujitsu LOOX T70M, a new model from Fujitsu that replaces their popular T75L and LT PC laptops. The T70M is powered by a 1.2GHz Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV), sports a 10.6″ widescreen display (1280×768), and comes with a 60GB hard drive plus a built-in DVD+R/Dual-Layer optical drive.

Review: Acer TravelMate C200 (TabletPCCorner.net)

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TabletPCCorner.net has put together a comprehensive review (with lots of pictures) of the Acer TravelMate C200-series convertible laptop/Tablet PC. The C200-series is a Pentium M-powered ultraportable convertible with a 12.1-inch display, and a sliding-track mechanism that allows it to convert in one motion.

I do not speak French, however this is a rough translation, using Google, of their impression:

It’s tempting because it offers a compact but sturdy case, good power consumption, and a significant number of technical features, with a good price. The sliding-track mechanism is solid, although it will take a few months before really judging this. Acer conceived the C200 in the same spirit as Toshiba: It’s a portable with Tablet PC functionality added.

They will revisit this review over the next few weeks to discuss any day-to-day issues they encounter.

These are the pluses and minuses they mentioned (again, machine translation):

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Review: Flybook V3 (New York Times)

The New York Times published a review last week by David Pogue, of the Flybook V3, calling it a A Tiny Windows Laptop With a Sense of Fashion. The Flybook is a small “convertible” – a laptop with Tablet PC features, has an 8.9 widescreen touchpad display, weighs under 3 pounds, and is powered by a Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) CPU.