The time has come: i7 now comes in a mobile flavor for laptops. Checkout the Tom's Hardware article.
Here's a snippet of the conclusion:
First, depending on the priorities of the system builder from which
you buy, expect to see Clarksfield-based notebooks at a variety of
different power profiles. The CPU is one part of the equation, but it’s
certainly not the determinant of efficiency in a build with discrete
graphics. At the end of the day, Core i7-920XM is rated at 55W—10W
higher than the flagship Core 2 Extreme—and the new CPU has more technology
built-in to keep it closer to that power envelope for longer. From
Hyper-Threading to Turbo Boost, you can expect better performance in a
wider range of applications than any mobile processor we’ve ever seen, but at higher power consumption numbers.
Secondly, for those of you more attuned to the thin and light
designs, Arrandale is the platform you’ll want to use while watching
DVDs on an airplane or working away from a power outlet. That’s where
the power consumption will become much more important to the platform’s
success. Come January, it's going to be that much harder to make inroads against Intel's mobile lineup.
Intel Q6600, MSI P6N 650i, 2x1gb OCZ DDR2 800 RAM, Sapphire Radeon 4870 512mb
1x112gb Samsung, 1x320gb WD, 1x160gb WD
1xSamsung DVD/CD RW drive, PC Power & Cooling 750W PSU, X-Fi Fatal1ty Champion, Logitech Z-560 THX 4.1, NZXT Zero, G5, VW222U 22" monitor
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