Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology
With laptop PCs based on Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology for the home, or Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology for business, you'll experience great mobile performance, longer battery life, and more, right at your fingertips.‡ Delivering performance gains of up to 50%¹ enabled by a minimum 3MB Smart Cache and 1066MHz Front Side Bus, these laptops are equipped to handle a multitude of applications. And with Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, you'll make quick work of computing tasks such as HD video encoding—up to 90% faster², so you can accomplish more without the wait.
Get simply better wireless for your computer
Beginning January 2010, Intel® Centrino® will now represent our new line of wireless products. Intel Centrino wireless technology will allow you to stay connected throughout your busy day by providing great coverage and reliable connectivity while consuming minimal power.
Intel® Centrino® 2 processor
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Intel Centrino 2 processor technology enables great performance, longer battery life, and up to 2X greater range and up to 5X better wireless performance³, delivering intensive hi-def multimedia, games, and more.
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Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology ›
Notebooks with Intel Centrino 2 with vPro technology deliver great performance for business, enhanced maintenance and management capabilities, and proactive security in an open LAN—even outside of the corporate firewall4.
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‡ System performance, battery life, power savings, high-definition quality, video playback and functionality, and wireless performance and functionality will vary depending on your specific operating system, hardware, chipset, connection availability and rate, site conditions, and software configurations. References to enhanced performance including wireless refer to comparisons with previous generation Intel® technologies. Wireless connectivity and some features may require you to purchase additional software, services or external hardware. See www.intel.com/products/centrino/index.htm for more information on performance, wireless, power savings and energy efficiency.
¹ As measured using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom* comparing latest generation Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-based notebooks with comparable frequency first-generation Intel® Centrino® processor technology-based notebooks. Actual performance may vary.
² Performance measured is based on TMPGEncoder Xpress* 4.4 comparing Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-based notebooks with comparable frequency first-generation Intel® Centrino® processor technology-based notebooks. Actual performance may vary.
³ Up to 2x greater range and up to 5x better performance (compared to 802.11a/g) with Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-enabled notebooks. Actual results may vary based on your specific hardware, connection rate, site conditions, and software configurations. See www.intel.com/performance/mobile/index.htm for more information. Wireless N standard currently not available in all countries. Check with your PC and access point manufacturer for details.
4 Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) requires the computer system to have an Intel® AMT-enabled chipset, network hardware and software, as well as connection with a power source and a corporate network connection. Setup requires configuration by the purchaser and may require scripting with the management console or further integration into existing security frameworks to enable certain functionality. It may also require modifications of implementation of new business processes. With regard to notebooks, Intel AMT may not be available or certain capabilities may be limited over a host OS-based VPN or when connecting wirelessly, on battery power, sleeping, hibernating or powered off. For more information, see www.intel.com/technology/vpro/index.htm.