--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That's kinda what I thought, that it was basically
> the laptop version of the Core Duo.
No. "Core Duo" is the name of the processor (it's a
mobile chip but is also used in Mac Minis and
last-generation iMacs). "Centrino" is an Intel mobile
specification that requires the computer to have an
Intel processor (Pentium M, Celeron M, Core Solo, Core
Duo or Core 2 Duo), an Intel chipset, an Intel
wireless network adapter, and a few other things.
"Centrino Duo" is the name for Centrino with a
dual-core processor (Core Duo or Core 2 Duo). With a
single-core processor (Pentium M, Celeron M, Core
Solo) it's just "Centrino". ("Centrino" can also be
used generally, to apply to both single-core and
dual-core-equipped computers.)
The desktop equivalent of Centrino is "Viiv". (There's
no "Viiv Duo" since all Viiv PCs have dual-core
processors - Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Core
Duo, Core 2 Duo, or Core 2 Extreme.)
Centrino and Viiv do REQUIRE certain types of
processors, but NOT all computers with those
processors meet the specifications and are allowed to
be sold using the Centrino/Centrino Duo/Viiv logo.
--- Feroze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The centrino is the laptop version of the core 2
> duo,
No - see above. Centrino is not a processor, it's a
specification that includes Intel processors,
chipsets, and wireless network adapters.
Core 2 Duo can be either a mobile OR a desktop
processor. It is a marketing name that refers to two
processors - Merom, a mobile chip, and Conroe, a
desktop chip. They're basically the same, but the
mobile one is less powerful and ueses less power. Both
are based off the Core microarchitecture. (The
original Core Solo and Core Duo are based off the P6
architecture.)
Note that current iMacs, even though they're desktops,
use the mobile version of Core 2 Duo (Merom).
Incidentally, no Apple systems to date have been
Centrino or Viiv systems (these are essentially Intel
marketing programs and Apple has rejected all of
Intel's marketing programs including "Intel Inside"
logos on computers and the "Intel Inside" logo and
jingle in advertising).
New Doug
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