Intel Announces New, Slower, Chip

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Intel Announces New, Slower, Chip

Posted by chrisd on Wednesday February 12, 2003 @11:58AM from the because-you-don't-need-3ghz-HT-laptops dept.

kshkval writes "According to Business Week, Intel is marketing the Centrino, a 1.6 Ghz chip that is slower than previous laptop processors from Intel, but does more. Hey, isn't that what Apple and AMD have gotten so much guff about? The worm turns..."

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Go INTEL! by naelurec · 2003-02-12 12:00 · Score: 5, Funny

A better built, more efficient chip .. I like it. Though since its winter, I'll stick with my AMD chips to keep me warm.
1. Re:Go INTEL! by MalleusEBHC · 2003-02-12 12:27 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  (fade to daydream of "Intel-Pentium-4-Mobile-Hyperthreading-Altra-Mobil e")
  
  ***Error. Your fade has been interrupted and your laptop put to sleep mode due to low battery.
from the because-you-don't-need-3ghz-HT-laptops... by dynoman7 · 2003-02-12 12:00 · Score: 5, Funny

we don't?!?!

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Sideways-ass logo by clmensch · 2003-02-12 12:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Is it me or is that logo a two-colored sideways ass? Awful.

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Take that! by CommieBozo · 2003-02-12 12:02 · Score: 5, Funny

Moore's Law doesn't stand a chance!
Yay! Moore's law in reverse! by CoolVibe · 2003-02-12 12:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Cool, what will we get in 40 years? Do we get the ENIAC back? Now _that_ is what I call a computer. Woohoo!
1. Re:Yay! Moore's law in reverse! by Drakonian · 2003-02-12 12:13 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think it's going to go even faster in reverse. You might get the Analytical Engine or maybe even the abacus!
  
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Re:Wow .... by enos · 2003-02-12 12:06 · Score: 5, Funny

just in time for Valentines day

because nothing says 'you're hot!' like a new processor...

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Re:"bout time... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-12 12:06 · Score: 5, Funny

They were going to use experimental "Centium" chips, but they smashed them all together accidentally. The results were virtual processors, dubbed "centrinos" by physicists. Make absolutely sure you don't place your centrinos by anticentrinos. Also, the chips have a small mass, and count as dark matter.
Beware! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-02-12 12:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't let your Centrinos collide with Anti-Centrinos, or you'll get a huge explosion that will rain Pentinos, Athlinos, and other junk.
Logo? by cascino · 2003-02-12 12:12 · Score: 5, Funny

The new Intel Centrino mobile technology brand name will be represented by a new logo carrying the famous Intel Inside® mark. The logo, featuring a striking magenta color and a completely new shape, suggests flight, mobility, and forward movement.
Yeah, either that, or "disposable feminine product"
1. Re:Logo? by Soko · 2003-02-12 12:31 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  My first was thought that someone pulled 2 of the wings off of the MSN butterfly.
  
  Saaayyyyy.....
  
  Soko
  
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In related news by blurfus · 2003-02-12 12:14 · Score: 4, Funny

Intel discovers that size isn't everything...

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at an Intel Sales seminar I attended once... by unicorn · 2003-02-12 12:15 · Score: 4, Funny

A couple years ago I went to an intel sales seminar for retail salespeople (amazing how you can dummy a paystub with photoshop, and a scanner) and halfway through the presentation the trainer threw out "Who knows what iComp is?"

The entire room lost it when I yelled back "A cheesy marketing ploy!"

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Re:New marketing, just wait (commercial) by $$$$$exyGal · 2003-02-12 12:29 · Score: 5, Funny

New Commercial from Intel:
*Man takes off his pants and forlornly looks down at his crotch.* "Don't worry!", says the hot naked chick, "Size doesn't matter!". *The man happily jumps in the bed and starts pumping his hips faster than a llama can spit.* "HEY!", yells the hot mama, "SLOW DOWN! It's not the speed, it's how you use it." *Commercial cuts to Intel CEO wearing a suit, sitting in a leather chair*

--sex

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in Q3 2003.. by grub · 2003-02-12 12:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Intel will announce "Centrino with Wings, for those heavy flow days."

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Re:first post! by Ponty · 2003-02-12 12:44 · Score: 3, Funny

If you had the newer, slower chip, you wouldn't have gotten the first post. Because, as we all know, Intel chips make the Internet go faster.
Re:"bout time... by Ponty · 2003-02-12 12:46 · Score: 5, Funny

It's the particle released when you smash together two Apple Centris Macs. Because there aren't many Centrises available anymore, they couldn't use as many Centrinos per chip as they wanted, so they had to drop the speed back down to 1.6GHz.
Re:New marketing, just wait by Ponty · 2003-02-12 12:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Unilever: Because you only need one Lever.
Re:"bout time... by JebusIsLord · 2003-02-12 13:56 · Score: 4, Funny

Actually i believe a Pentium-4 decays naturally into an Athlon, a Duron, and an anti-centrino.

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