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Subject: Re: Question: how does Centrino compare with P4 and/or Athlon? Thanks

Author: Peter Kasinski

Date: 08:31:22 01/01/04

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On January 01, 2004 at 11:09:10, Sean Mintz wrote:

>If it is still the Pentium M in the Centrino, and we're talking about chess
>programs here, it will beat up the Pentium 4 plain and simple.  Speedwise it's
>similar to the Athlons, but we're talking expensive laptops for the Pentium M
>and you can build an Athlon based machine for as little or as much as you want.
>That part is your decision.
>
>Sean Mintz

Thank you for your answer. I am curious about its performance (Pentium M) - the
clock frequency is lower, it appears that HT is missing, and yet it is better
for chess. Can you help me understand?  Thank you.

Regarding Athlon based - I may not have the choice in this matter.

Thanks,
PK

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