Intel to push Centrino in 2004

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Yeah, tough sell.

If you want power, sure a Pentium-class chip will do, or maybe AMD would be better, but what you probably really wanted was a desktop PC in the first place. How often is that "desktop replacement" really going to leave that desk?

If you wanted, as you suggest, longer battery life and cooler knees, then you don't want a Pentium. You want a Transmeta chip. My subnotebook with a nearly 2 year old Crusoe chip will go all day (8-10 hours) on a single charge with the hi-cap batteries. The drawback? Computing power is limited so I'm not playing Quake during that time. But my knees aren't being torched by an overheating CPU, either.

Centrino is and always has been a boondoggle. It's neither powerful nor long life. It's just bundling out of date wireless with an otherwise acceptable CPU. However selling it as a battery saver is totally bogus.

When laptop makers provide upgradeable modularity, then everyone will build/order what suits them. Until then, cut through the marketing BS and think for yourself.

Posted by: LL003   Posted on: 12/15/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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