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Centrino Duo, Buy or Wait?

Posted by Zonk on from the choose-wisely dept.

pillageplunder writes "BusinessWeek Columnist Steven Wildstrom answers a readers question on whether or not to buy a laptop with the new Intel Centrino Duo processor. The reader wanted to know if the new chip would be up to handling the Graphic requirements of Microsofts new Vista OS, and whether or not it would cost more. His take? Regarding price, probably not, about performance, right now there is no real way to know for sure. He does a decent job of outlining bug issues with new chips, and what the various vendors say/feel about this chip."

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  1. Re:The snail by evilviper · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    (Note: Please resist the urge to reply with the usual "Mac zealot" comments. For the record, I've never owned a Mac product.)

    Which may explain why you have so much faith in them.

    Why you're comparing a software company (Microsoft) with a hardware company (Apple) I certainly don't understand.
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  2. Re:Works fine with OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The main issue with Vista is not having enough graphics ram. For the full "Avalon" "experience", you'll need 256 MB in a 32-bit environment, and possibly more in a 64-bit environment.
    Why would the bitness of the CPU have anything to do with how much RAM the GPU needs? Oh, I see, because you have no idea what you're babbling about.