Centrino vs Desktop P4

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Intel to spend $300 million in Centrino Pro push

Published on October 19, 2006

Intel will upgrade its Centrino technology to Centrino Pro, with the launch to come with the availability of Microsoft Windows Vista OS, notebook makers said. Read more

Intel to cut Celeron and Pentium-M prices shortly

Published on May 16, 2003

After lowering prices of its desktop-use Pentium 4 processors on May 11, Intel is said to plan two more price cuts on desktop-use Celeron and Centrino-platform Pentium-M chips to boost buying sentiment in the clone market, motherboard makers revealed. Read more

Acer and Legend aim at high-end Centrino notebook market

Published on February 20, 2003

Acer and Legend, the biggest local notebook vendors in Taiwan and China, plan to position their Centrino-based notebooks as prestige products. Read more

AMD takes on Centrino with low power Semprons

Published on July 02, 2004

AMD finally has an answer to Intel's Pentium M CPUs used in many Centrino notebook setups. Read more

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12-24-2004 at 09:35:10 PM

I'm pondering purchasing a new Dell laptop, but most of the new laptops have the new but slower Centrino instead of the Desktop P4. I like to play many games, like Freelancer, Morrowind, NWN, DungeonSiege, etc. How important is CPU speed vs video card memory when it comes to proper rendering and graphics speed? I'd most likely get a 64mb or 128mb ATI Radeon, and I'm thinking about combining that with a 1.6 or 1.8gHz Centrino. This would be a laptop, not a desktop. Thanks in advance.

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12-25-2004 at 09:56:22 AM

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If you plan on having it on ac power most of the time go for a desktop proc notebook. If you want battery life and mobility go for the mobile proc. Thanks to the new Dothan core mobile cpus there really isn't to much of a performance difference between mobile and desktop cpus. The major difference is price. You WILL pay for mobility

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