Soldato
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What are the benifits of centrino technology?
is it just cooler?
is it just cooler?
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benefits of centrino?
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it is just pentium-m with wifi .. pentium-m's are generally pretty fast and are good for gaming and use low amounts of power
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Integrated wireless without the need for a seperate card.
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Centrino's use interal mPci cards. The reason they'd get a better signal is because they usually have an antenna that goes round the screen.
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Yup, Intel certified Pro Wireless coupled with a Centrino chipset (usually i845 I think, or 9xx for the DDR2 models) and a Pentium-M to be centrino certified.
My IBM Thinkpad T41 isn't centrino certified but is basically one. It had a P-M 1.6ghz, the correct chipset (i845 IIRC) but instead of Intel Pro Wireless, it has an IBM a/b/g adapter (which was better than the Intel at the time). However, signal strength doesn't seem quite as good as the intels, despite an antenna around the screen - I think it may have detached itself - I will get IBM to look at it after my Uni exams.
Anyway, moral of the story is, Centrino requires the 3 things or else it isn't Centrino. They are amazing for battery life - I get about 5 hours use out of my standard battery on max power saving (typically, which is good for days when I'm in for the whole day or have 4h straight) and 3 hours use on Power Management off. They run very cool and so are quiet often and are very powerful. A 1.6ghz is about the power of a 2.8-3.0ghz standard P4.
My IBM Thinkpad T41 isn't centrino certified but is basically one. It had a P-M 1.6ghz, the correct chipset (i845 IIRC) but instead of Intel Pro Wireless, it has an IBM a/b/g adapter (which was better than the Intel at the time). However, signal strength doesn't seem quite as good as the intels, despite an antenna around the screen - I think it may have detached itself - I will get IBM to look at it after my Uni exams.
Anyway, moral of the story is, Centrino requires the 3 things or else it isn't Centrino. They are amazing for battery life - I get about 5 hours use out of my standard battery on max power saving (typically, which is good for days when I'm in for the whole day or have 4h straight) and 3 hours use on Power Management off. They run very cool and so are quiet often and are very powerful. A 1.6ghz is about the power of a 2.8-3.0ghz standard P4.
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heh, I went a bit overboard and put a 400mw one in mine 
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Versus a non Centrino laptop, the biggest advantage is lower power consumption which translates into much better battery life.
I have a P3 "m" based laptop and whilst it was good in its day, it struggles to last 2hrs watching a dvd. A Centrino based laptop should do this with capacity to spare.
mj
I have a P3 "m" based laptop and whilst it was good in its day, it struggles to last 2hrs watching a dvd. A Centrino based laptop should do this with capacity to spare.
mj
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I agree butchex said:
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lol.smids said:I agree but
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Well can you shed any light on the matter? Is he arguing with himselfPhnom_Penh said:
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Ah I get youchex said:
- but I think he was terming all "P-M's" as "Centrino's" in which case he is right as the P-M is one of the best mobile chips and offers excellent battery performance when compared to most others. Most consumers call P-M processors Centrino processors which in essence they are. 