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Centrino 2: What's in the Intel sequel?

By Rory Reid

Centrino is dead--it's official. But don't worry. On July 14, Intel will launch Centrino 2--codenamed Montevina--to stave off competition from AMD, and to cement its place as the world's number one choice for laptops.

But before we go any further, we can't help but wonder--what's with the name? Until now, all the updates to the original Centrino brand weren't deemed worthy of a new public-facing name. Instead, they were given internal codenames: Carmel (2003), Sonoma (2005), Napa (2006) and Santa Rosa, all of which were different, but still sold to the public as merely Centrino.

So is Centrino 2 truly different? What's it packing? What'll it do for you? Voyage with us, geeks, as we break down the tech behind 2008's hottest laptops.

Originally posted on CNET Crave.uk

 

 

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ferdiei says...
ssd, wimax, enhanced networking/handshaking with other periphery, higher memory handling..whoooa...intel for sure is taking strides to "future-proof" their product offerings in the market coupled with their push for the netbook-ing era, where AMD is sluggish.

 
 
jhei says...
Oh! The benefit of good competition I suppose :)

 
 
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