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Old January 5th 04, 11:34 PM
bill davidsen
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Chusqui22 wrote:
| and what is the differences betwen those Intel?
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| Celeron,

In new systems that would be the Pentium-IV based version, in speeds of
up to 2.8GHz, this can be considered a Pentium-IV with smaller cache.
It's a good bit less expensive as well.

| Pentium IV,

Power hungry, fastest memory bus and clock. The latest 800MHz FSB
versions also offer hyperthreading, which allows the CPU to do two
things at once, which *may* speed overall performance 10-30%, depending
on the application.

| Pentium III Mobile,

This is the CPU used in the Centrino set, it's a Pentium-III with some
extra instructions. The Pentium-III runs much faster then the Pentium-IV
at a given clock speed, so a pentium-IIIM at 1.7GHz is about as fast as
a Pentium-IV at 2.2 or 2.4GHz. It's much lower power, and is a very good
choice in a battery operated system.

| Centrino

This is a chipset, CPU plus a WiFi chip. A sort-of good but not great
chip, using a slow wireless protocol. The upside is that it comes
included, and that the 802.11g protocol becoming common should speak to
the Centrino 802.11b so you will be able to use it in the future. Note
that I have NOT actually tried that compatibility, but it is supposed to
work.

That should help you find where you want to look next.

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