The Gigahertz Dupe: Dell SmartStep 250N. the gigahertz dupe. Dell is promoting its 2.2 GHz notebook - but a closer look reveals that it's only running at half-speed. In order to compensate for this, it has a cut-rate price tag of $1600 and is outfitted to the...

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to rival some desktop systems. When coupled with a 3.06 GHz non-HyperThreaded CPU, what will the result be?. Earlier this month, Harald Thon and Uli Ries took a look at the Dell SmartStep 250N in the article The Gigahertz Dupe: Dell SmartStep 250N . In this...