Notebooks Laptops?

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Centrino is not just a marketing program. It indeed has valid technological thrust behind it.

Centrino is not a processor. It is the combination of Intel Pentium M (mobile processor) and Intel Chipsets (chips that support the processor) that offer comparable performance of Pentium 4 with lesser power consumption (meaning longer battery life, 4hrs and above) plus wireless connectivity (WiFi). Another plus with the Centrino technology, with the processor and chipsets form factor, and improved heat dissipation capability, the notebooks get thinner and more light weight (less need for bulky heatsink and relatively large fans). The processors and chipsets are being manufactured using the latest process technology, thus more chips are developed on same amount of silicon, which ultimtately correspond later on to better pricing of this technology (fluctuated however by demand).

I've been using my IBM T40 for more than a year now and I'm very satisfied with its performance and WiFi capability. It's so light weight compared to my previous IBM 600E. You can even get one with a DVD/CDRW drive... I just love that feature!

IMHO....