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Subject: Re: IBM Centrino Dothan 1.7 Ghz. almost $2000 in Israel!

Author: P. Massie

Date: 09:49:04 05/08/05

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>Fascinating! I'm beginning to catch up from the last few years!
>So all in all, a pure Centrino (Dothan) note-book of 1.7 Ghz. is about 80% in
>speed, of the fastest single proccessor on the market today? (the same might be
>with the older version of Centrino/pentium M at 1.7 Ghz, too?).

I believe your statement is true as long as you're comparing only with Intel
chips.  Although I've never actually tested AMD chips, all the evidence I've
seen indicates an Athlon 64 at 2.4/2.6 ghz will blow away all Intel chips - at
least for chess.

Paul



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