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Article: The fast & the wireless: Intel's Centrino architecture fuses great performance, outstanding battery life, and integrated wireless connectivity. (Pentium M Notebooks).(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
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- June 1, 2003
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A LONGTIME ADVOCATE OF CPU SPEED AT ANY PRICE, INTEL IS SLOWING THINGS DOWN WITH ITS NEW CENTRINO mobile platform--and that's a good thing. Rather than simply raising the clock speed, Intel has figuratively turned back the clock in its initial batch of Pentium M processors, which debuted at speeds of 1.3GHz, 1.4GHz, 1.5GHz, and 1.6GHz. Despite the clock-speed reverse, notebooks based on the new chips are portable powerhouses, capable of a 7-hour battery life and performance that is, on average, 20 percent better than "faster" Pentium 4-M notebooks. What more could you ask for?
To be considered a true member of the Centrino family, however, a notebook must have ...