Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ Technology Spend smart, do more, and be more secure
Protect and manage your business better by upgrading to notebook PCs built with Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology inside. Designed from the ground up for multi-core performance and the needs of IT, your workforce will be able to work efficiently on the go, while IT remains in complete control.¹ And with new power-efficient designs, notebooks powered by Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology can aid in keeping energy costs low, while built-in security features help combat the expense of security threats.
Including hardware-assisted isolation, diagnostics, and repair, you can reduce the need for desk-side maintenance by managing your mobile workforce remotely, even if the system's OS is unresponsive.¹ With the ability to initiate a protected tunnel back to IT via wired LAN, notebooks can be managed and repaired even outside of the corporate firewall.¹ And with the ability to remotely shut down and update notebooks, you'll save power and money while increasing security.
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Features and benefits
Best for business, providing unique features built right into the chip that deliver added protection from viruses and attacks with hardware defense filters and agent presence checking.Φ
Mobile performance. Providing industry-leading performance,² new Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology offers 30 percent faster multitasking performance,³ for future 64-bit applications,Δ and next-generation multithreaded software.
Increased energy-efficiency. Upgrading from desktop PCs to notebooks with Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology reduces energy consumption by more than 26x.°
Stay unplugged longer with the best possible battery life. Based on next-generation hafnium-based 45nm technology, Intel® Centrino® 2 with vPro™ technology offers unique energy-saving components designed to give you maximum battery life.
Get unprecedented wireless freedom with up to 5x faster connectivity speeds and more reliable connections than current 802.11g Wi-Fi.Ω
Manage your mobile workforce wirelessly. Remotely diagnose, isolate, and repair infected notebooks using hardware-based remote manageability features that work even if notebooks are off or the OS is unresponsive.¹
Broad industry support from leading manageability and security software providers like Symantec*, LANDesk*, HP*, Microsoft*, and Cisco*.
Reduce maintenance costs and stay compliant. Provide routine patching and maintenance ensuring that you're only paying software license fees for what you're using while keeping your licenses up-to-date.¹
Get the most out of graphics-intensive Windows Vista*. Powerful Intel® Graphics allow you to run Windows Vista* with full Aero* support-without the expense of an additional graphics card.²
It all adds up to mobile computing without limits and a lower cost of ownership. It's just what your business needs, right when it needs it most. Experience it now with industry-leading performance² from Intel.
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¹ 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/platform-technology/intel-amt/.
² 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 rate, site conditions, and software configurations. References to enhanced performance refer to comparisons with previous generation Intel technologies. See www.intel.com/products/centrino/index.htm and www.intel.com/performance/mobile/index.htm for more information on performance, power savings and energy efficiency.
³ Measured using Microsoft* MovieMaker* compression software, while simultaneously converting a Microsoft* Word* 2007 document into an Adobe* Acrobat* PDF, with McAfee* Virus Scan running in the background, comparing Intel® Centrino® 2 P8600 processor-based notebook to theoretical installed base using an Intel® Core™ Duo T2700 processor-based notebook with comparable frequency . Mobile System Configurations - Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8600 (3M Cache, 2.40GHz,1066 MHz FSB), on Lenovo* T400 with Intel® GM45 Express Chipset Dual channel Elpida* 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 5-5-5-12 with Intel® GMA 4500MHD + Hitachi* 200GB SATA (BIOS: Lenovo* 7UET45WW, INF: 8.0.7, Graphics: 7.15.0010.1502). Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2700 (2M Cache, 2.33GHz, 667 MHz FSB) on Lenovo* T60 with Intel® 945GM Express Chipset, Dual-channel Micron* 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-667 5-5-5-12, with Integrated GMA950 + Hitachi* 100GB SATA (BIOS: Lenovo* 79ETE1WW, INF: 8.1.1.1010, Graphics: 7.14.0010.1329)
° Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Technology with Intel® Core™2 Duo processor T9600 and Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset versus Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology with Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2700 and Mobile Intel® 945GM Express Chipset. MobileMark 2007 Productivity and Battery Life benchmarks.
Φ No computer system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Intel® Active Management Technology 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, www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/.
Δ 64-bit computing on Intel architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel® 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
Ω Up to 2x greater range and up to 5x better performance with optional Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N technology enabled by 2x3 Draft N implementations with 2 spatial streams. Actual results may vary based on your specific hardware, connection rate, site conditions, and software configurations. See http://www.intel.com/performance/mobile/index.htm for more information.