Intel Sandy Bridge is not only for MacBooks from Apple and Windows laptops to the elite. The chip technology and the latest Intel is now landing in the sub-$ 400 Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba lapped.
That said, here’s $ 349 HP Pavilion G4 1104dx. In addition to goodies such as a 14-inch LED screen, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a 320 GB hard drive, a multi-format optical drive, a webcam and built-in Ethernet, you get a Pentium processor with Intel B940 Integrated Silicon Graphics.
No, this is not the Pentium processor from yesterday. The new Pentium is a good faith Sandy Bridge processor, which means it uses 32-nanometer Intel latest technology and graphics.
To date, Sandy Bridge processors, a high-end phenomenon, appearing mainly in the all-new MacBook Pro and HP EliteBook 2560p Business Notebook like.
The HP Pavilion G4 1104dx sells for $ 349 at Best Buy and packs an Intel processor Sandy Bridge.
The more expensive i5 and Sandy Bridge Core i7 chips with features such as Turbo Frequency (which speeds up the processor to solve challenging tasks) and are more integrated into the cache. But you still have the same basic technology are 32-nanometer chips to cheaper versions.
Toshiba Satellite L755 now sells $ 379-S5216 with the same Pentium chip and essentially the same features as the HP laptop. The biggest difference is that Toshiba uses a larger display of 15.6 inches.
And this trend should continue. Intel CEO Paul Otellini said this week during the second quarter company results and conference call that “we take Sandy Bridge … below the base and brand in this context, one version of Pentium and Celeron.”
He also cited a trend in the consumer notebooks at low cost – like the two above-mentioned models – stealing market share of netbooks. In addition to attacks of tablets, “netbooks are probably due to the very good value … you can low-end laptops these days, compared to, say, netbook” has, he said.
