The Core 2 brand refers to a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit dual-core and 2x2 MCM quad-core CPUs with the x86-64 instruction set, based on the Intel Core microarchitecture, derived from the 32-bit dual-core Yonah laptop processor. (Note: The Yonah's silicon chip or die comprised two interconnected cores, each similar to those branded Pentium M). The 2x2 MCM dual-die quad-core[1] CPU had two separate dual-core dies (CPUs)—next to each other—in one quad-core MCM package. The Core 2 relegated the Pentium brand to a lower-end market, and reunified laptop and desktop CPU lines, which previously had been divided into the Pentium 4, D, and M brands.
Core 2 Duo's are better than anything AMD has at the moment! I have an E8200, wit Windows Vista in it! It boots my computer within 15 seconds. When I had XP installed it used to boot it within 10 seconds! Worth the money. You won't regret.
ooo asuse huh I've never cared for their motherboards My thinkbad T60 with kubuntu takes about 5 secs to shut down uh.. I guess it had a centrino Duo.. w.e that means
I always heard Asus made some of the best motherboards, but i wasn't aware they even made complete PC's. I had another laptop picked, but the guy showed be this Asus that hit the shelves 2 days before.. He rattled off a bunch of cool sounding specs so i said box it up.
It's the same thing except less cache on Dual Core, I'm referring to the new Dual Cores, they are Core2Duo's, but Intel decided not to call them that so sales would be higher for high end processors. I've got a E2160 Dual Core (C2D) overclocked @ 3.2GHZ, this thing performs just as well as an expensive 3.0GHZ Core2Duo, the only drawback is cache.