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So those who thought were getting lucky already to get a i7 processor in their new PC. Here's some good NEWS for you lol. i9 Processor (successor to i7) is expected to arrive in the Q1 of 2010.

Intel’s upcoming desktop processor, codenamed Gulftown, will be known as the Intel Core i9 and will be based on the 32 nm Westmere architecture. It will be a 6-core processor with performance enhancing features, including a total 12 thread count, and a 50% increase in L3 cache over Bloomfield, i.e. 12 MB. It will retain compatibility with the existing LGA-1366 socket, and X58 chipset.

AFAIK, it won't be available for laptop PC's for some time. Even AMD is launching a 6 core processor called AMD Opteron. ugghh looks like its never a right time to buy a PC.

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This is how technology evolves, on daily basis lol.

4 months back I didn't even knew about the i7 core processor when I purchased a Dell Studio 15. And now we would be welcoming i9 in another 4 months. WTF?

And when i9 knocks your door, I am pretty sure i12 would be around.

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I don't think holding off to buy a new PC is a good idea.

In short, every time is a good time to buy a new PC. You can't control companies from innovating and bringing out new technology in their products. It just doesn't happen with a computer but with any electronics item.

I do not know if you saw the benchmark comparisons for a Polish website, also based on a technical test, and then withdrawn at the request of Intel, but the increase in speed was not 50% but less . Naturally, an engineering test run on the beta becomes the BIOS on the motherboard of the incumbent also allows comparisons at this stage premature.