Sony Needs To Add Intel Core i7 Options To Vaio Desktop Line

Intel Core i7 is a family of three 45nm Intel desktop x86-64 processors, the first processors released using the Intel Nehalem microarchitecture and the successor to the Intel Core 2 family. It’s also really freaking fast. I just recently got a new computer with a Core i7 920 (2.66ghz) and it handles anything I throw at it with ease. AVCHD video rendering is so much faster and easier than ever before with a Core i7 – Pinnacle Ultimate runs as smooth as butter. Why is it so much faster than dual and quad core processors? Memory is directly connected to the processor, and it supports DDR3 Triple Channel memory. The front side bus has been replaced by the Intel QuickPath Interconnect interface. Intel also re-implemented Hyper-threading, which means each of the four cores can process up to two threads simultaneously, so the processor appears to the OS as eight CPUs – which looks rad in Task Manager.

Sony needs to jump on the i7 train ASAP as it pretty much crushes even the best processor Sony currently offers, which is the Core 2 Quad Processor Q9400 in the VAIO RT Series All-in-One PC, which costs $3,999 at SonyStyle. If Sony can put a desktop model out under a $1,000 with Core i7, a mediocre graphics card, 3-6gb of RAM, and a good style it could be a true winner. Here’s hoping.