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Next-Gen Intel Notebook Platform ‘Calpella’ Details
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | The Intel platform in notebooks hitting shelves at this moment is Montevina, the first to go by the Centrino 2 moniker. Though it’s fresh out the door, Digitimes supposedly has some details on Calpella, the one that’ll follow it next summer. More »
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Why Apple Is Sticking With Intel Chipsets (Probably)
5:50AM Matt Buchanan | One of the more eyebrow-raising rumours in the scramble of them about Apple’s upcoming MacBooks is that they will switch from Intel chipsets to someone else’s. It seemed odd on its face, since Intel and Apple are fairly tight, and there’s not a very apparent reason to switch. Jon at Ars lays out a fairly solid case for why Apple is sticking with Intel though. More »
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Giz Explains: Intel’s Centrino 2
1:00AM Matt Buchanan | Intel’s Centrino 2 notebook platform officially launched yesterday, and brought an armada of new laptops with it. Centrino (2) is actually just a brand name for a mobile platform, which is really a fancy way saying a combination of Intel parts: a processor, chipset and wireless module. The latest and greatest is Montevina, which is not only energy efficient, but more powerful than the previous set, Santa Rosa. It also makes wireless N standard, puts WiMax in its future, and has graphics that can switch between integrated and discrete for battery/performance needs. In short, this year’s crop of notebooks will blow last year’s away.
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Lenovo’s Ultra-Cheap Notebooks: IdeaPad G-Series
6:00AM Matt Buchanan | Yes, netbooks and ultra-cheap lappies are being pumped out by everybody, and frankly, boring. But a Lenovo-made cheapie that brings some of their standard features and serious build quality down to a netbook pricepoint would be a bargain-bin laptop worth looking at. Supposedly the first in their IdeaPad G-Series will be 14.1-incher running on Centrino 2. Hopefully the pricepoint is in line with (or better than) its smaller competition. [DigiTimes via I4U] More »
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First Intel Mobile Quad-Core Processor Coming Soon (Zoooom)
1:30AM Matt Buchanan | In addition to bragging about how awesome and zippy (while only power-sippy) Centrino 2 is, Intel execs also slipped that they’d be launching a set by the end of the quarter with their first mobile quad-core processor. Thanks to its hardcore power management on the Centrino 2, you’ll actually be able to run four cores with more than 15 minutes of battery life. Also, Centrino 2 with integrated graphics will be available in “the coming weeks” after suffering some explode-y problems, leading to its initial delay. [PC Mag] More »
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Intel’s Centrino 2 Gets Official Launch, Alongside Core 2 Extreme
5:57PM Kit Eaton | We learned in May that there would be delays to Intel’s Centrino 2 chipset for notebooks, but today it gets an official launch from Intel. That certainly tallies with the slew of notebooks hitting the news which have the chips inside. Alongside the Centrino 2, Intel gives us word on the Core 2 Extreme, which runs at 3.06 GHz and the Mobile Intel 45 Express Chipset and wireless Intel Wi-Fi Link 5000, and the WiMAX/Wi-Fi Link 5050 chipset that supports the Centrino 2 to support WiMax and Wi-Fi operations. Since Intel plans to release eight processors over the next 90 days, there’ll be lots more news like this. Press release below. More »
Computers
Lenovo IdeaPad U330 is Super Shiny and Slim
2:01PM Adrian Covert | Lenovo launched the 13.3″ IdeaPad U330 laptop tonight at Intel’s Centrino 2 launch event, and it looked pretty nice. As far as specs go, they only mentioned the Centrino 2-powered device is 2.2cm thick, under 1.8kg and has five hours of battery life. galleryPost('u330', 3, ''); More »
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Toshiba Centrino 2 Notebooks: Satellite Pro S300, Tecra A10 and M10
2:01PM Matt Buchanan | Noticing a pattern with Centrino 2? For Toshiba’s part, they’ve got a biz-set triple bump: The Satellite Pro S300, Tecra A10 and Tecra M10 all have Toshiba’s EasyGuard with shock and spill protection, a business card reader, a combo USB 2.0 eSATA port, and sleep-and-charge USB ports. A point of differentiation is that the Tecra A10 and M10 both rock Centrino 2 vPro, which has tech for the enterprise set so IT can fix your comp wirelessly, even when it’s frozen. More »
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Hands On Lenovo X200: Tiny, Cheap, Means Business (But Forgot the Trackpad)
12:33PM Gizmodo US Edition | Lenovo officially announced its Centrino 2-based X200 ultraportable notebook today, confirming what we have known for a while now. Namely, that it’s the smallest member of the X-family (12.1-inch screen, 0.8-inches thin) and very powerful. Powered by the new Centrino 2 platform, it’s got a full arsenal of wireless communication interfaces (including WiMax, WWAN with GPS and Ultra-Wide Band for peripherals), yet it’s a slight 1.9kg, a hair less than its older brother or perceived competitor. (No optical drive helps there.) And it starts at a much more affordable US$1199. But where the hell is the trackpad?! More »
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