Review Intel Ivy Bridge Quad-core Refresh

[Redaktion]

Performance zenith. Ivy Bridge processors have been on the market for just about half a year - time to introduce a small performance upgrade in terms of higher clock speeds. We tested what the new models Core i7-3940XM, 3840QM, 3740QM and 3630QM are capable of.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Intel-Ivy-Bridge-Quad-core-Refresh.82948.0.html

[icalvinq]

So when will manufacturers start refreshing their laptops with these? Or, well, have they even been released yet?

[artstate]

Some are including these new processors in the upcoming Windows 8 laptops, which are due in about 12 days. For example, Dell has updated the XPS 15 to the new core i7 if you preorder the Windows 8 version

[Glenwing]

They have already been released, Sony VAIO's S series has the i7-3632QM and Lenovo's Y series has the i7-3630QM.

[Raj]

Lenovo has shipped i7-3632QM replacing 3612QM.

[FROST]

to my knowledge the y580  and the y480 by lenovo have been refreshed