Dual processor laptops?

[beepbeep]

Does anybody know of a commercially available 2 cpu laptop?

 

[bacillus]

no

 

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by: bacillus
no

 

[AndyHui]

Nope.

Power problems, heat dissipation, not to mention that no mobile chipset supports SMP, and you would have a real tough time fitting in a second processor.

 

[Darien]

I don't think I've ever seen a dual proc. notebook. Maybe one day.

 

[Adul]

not yet, maybe a dual proc core in the future. but otherwise no.

I seen dual screen ones

 

[Stealth1024]

The power drain and heat problems would be a huge negative factor, not to mention you wouldn't make good use of both of them doing normal work with a notebook PC....

 

[Sid59]

if there was ... there would be no battery life.

 

[sharkeeper]

Perhaps if one used a Russian battery with a certain isotope. Of course the user would probably expire before the battery!

Seriously, the biggest bottleneck in the portable domain by far is storage. A SMP system would just be waiting for data. There may be support for HT in the future, but it would still have the issue with increased power consumption. When 10GB+ 2.5" profile SSD drives come out, perhaps this will change.

Cheers!