Author: h.g.muller
Date: 01:38:12 02/28/06
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The Centrino is not a processor at all. Centrino is a 'platform' for mobile computers, that was first introduced with a Pentium M (or Celeron M, which is the same thing with 1MB L2-cache in stead of 2MB). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino There now is a new Intel processor, called 'Intel Core', sold as a Solo or Duo, which is now also included in the Centrino concept. But the fact that your laptop is labeled as a Centrino does not mean it is equiped with a Solo. That the Solo is much mor efficient clock-wise than a P-4 does not mean much. The Pentium II and III and M where all much more efficient than P-4. It probably means that Solo is another variation on Intel's old P6 workhorse, that was first introduced as Pentium Pro...
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