Help....

[Cory]

I'm thinking about buying a laptop and I heard you can get them with the wireless web card already installed now. How does that work? Do you have to be in a place that has a signal to pick up the web or does it pick it up from a beam off a tower like a cell phone does?

[Natty]

wireless webcard? like intel's centrino? its like the "wave of the future" idea from then... basically like a cellphone...

[Cory]

is intel cintrino a new type of processor?

[Natty]

nope its a mobile technology designed and created by intel the chip manufacturer, basically long distance wireless LANing (WAN) and satillite technology.

[Cory]

Originally posted by Natty
nope its a mobile technology designed and created by intel the chip manufacturer, basically long distance wireless LANing (WAN) and satillite technology.

Is it very expensive?

[Natty]

the laptops and centrino is not expensive really however they have not created the network it will run on yet...

[Shibby]

No. Its so that you can hook up to wireless web that's installed in your home. To do something like have a long distance cell phone is going to take quite a while longer.

[Cory]

I just went to gateway's site and they have quite a few notebooks that feature intel cintrino technology!! Cool!! Now for my next question? What is a pentium M processor as compared to a pentium 4?

[Shibby]

Pentium M is pentium mobile - for laptops
Pentium 4 is for PC's

[Cory]

Originally posted by Shibby
Pentium M is pentium mobile - for laptops
Pentium 4 is for PC's

Well I noticed that some of the laptops have pentium 4's and some have M's!! Is there a difference in the speed of one over the other? Which is better?

[Natty]

the M's are smaller, they also require less energy, and run cooler and require a smaller cooling fan. so they can make laptops smaller, more compact with more features.

[Cory]

Originally posted by Natty
the M's are smaller, they also require less energy, and run cooler and require a smaller cooling fan. so they can make laptops smaller, more compact with more features.

Cool...does it run as fast as the 4's do?

[Natty]

ive seen both and as long as they are the same clock speed i couldnt tell a difference.

[Cory]

Originally posted by Natty
ive seen both and as long as they are the same clock speed i couldnt tell a difference.

Cool, thanks Natty!! I love this shit...new technology amazes me!!! :)

[Shibby]

Yep. It dosn't take much to impress the old guys :woot: