Yes, I get that the Core Duo is just a new name for the Yonah that we
have been waiting for. But Anand's article doesn't mention anything
that I saw about them already shipping.
This article (dated 13 Jan) says that Core Duo laptops from Dell and
others are not available yet:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28955
This article (27 Jan) says that Acer and Sony just started shipping,
but Dell, Apple, Gateway, HP, and Lenovo have not:
http://news.com.com/Intels+Core+Duo+health+causes+PC+industry+pain/2100-1006_3-6032252.html
More info on the various models and features being offered from
different vendors:
http://www.cnet.com/4520-6022_1-6410042.html
Something is not right here. How could Dell have been shipping DC
laptops weeks ago when all the articles I was able to Google say they
are still waiting or are behind Apple? Are the articles wrong?
Also, I really hate all these crappy codenames and marketing slogans.
Whatever happened to the good old days with simple naming conventions
and easy to compare products. Oh wait, thats right - we don't want
the consumer to know what they are buying so they have to trust our
marketing hype.
On 2/1/06, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Negative. From page 2 of the article you linked:
>
> "The Core Duo microprocessor is nothing more than the dual core Yonah we've
> been talking about for quite a while now; and the 945 Express chipset should
> sound very familiar as it is a mobile version of the 945 chipset that was
> released on the desktop side last year.
> Now the combination of the Core Duo processor, 945 Express chipset and the
> 3945ABG wireless solution is what is known as the Napa platform. In other
> words, the code name for Centrino Duo is Napa. Its predecessor is Sonoma,
> which is the code name for the Centrino platform that was composed of Intel's
> Pentium M (based on Dothan), 915 chipset and 2915ABG wireless solution. We
> will refer to Napa and Sonoma later in this article, so just keep in mind
> that Napa is the current Centrino Duo while Sonoma is the previous
> generation Centrino based on Dothan. "
>
> Core Duo is nothing more than Yonah DC.
>
> Dell was shipping DC Yonah laptops (AKA Core Duo machines) for at least a
> week prior to Apple's announcement. I can personally recall looking at a DC
> 1.86 Yonah at Dell the week before Apple's launch.
>
> In short: ANY dual core Intel laptop is Core Duo.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "The Hardware List"
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new
> IntelProcessorkepthidden by Wintel and press
>
>
> > http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=2663
> >
> > How has Dell been shipping Core Duo when it didn't launch until 6 Jan?
> >
> > According to Anand, the Pentium M is the Dothan/Yonah core and Core
> > Duo is the Sonoma/Napa core. Unless there is something else I am
> > missing.
> >
> > Now, they are still using the Centrino name for their new laptops but
> > it will be the Core Duo and a new chipset instead of Pentium-M.
> >
> > On 2/1/06, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Any dual core Pentium M chips are technically "Core Duo". Dell has been
> >> shipping Dual Core P-M / Core Duo laptops for a while--even before Apple
> >> announced.
> >>
> >> All that Core Duo is is the Yonah DC P-M.
> >>
> >>
> >> - Original Message -
> >> From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: "The Hardware List"
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:42 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new Intel
> >> Processorkepthidden by Wintel and press
> >>
> >>
> >> > The CoreDuo is Intel's new mobile CPU line and to the best of my
> >> > knowledge no current products have it. The first ones will be the new
> >> > Mac Book Pros announced by Jobs. The other major notebook
> >> > manufactureres will be close behind.
> >> >
> >> > You have a "dual core" CPU but not a CoreDou, which is the new
> >> > marketing name. Intel is dropping the name Pentium.
> >> >
> >> > On 2/1/06, Mark Dodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> How would I know if I have a "Core Duo"???
> >> >> I have a laptop with dual cores or at least dnet says it is. Is there
> >> >> some
> >> >> kind of logo?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>