Difference between Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology

[Tyskie]

Hey guys,

I was wondering what's the difference between a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor and a Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology featuring Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor?

Is the centrino one worse?

Thanks

[Joshua]

Core 2 is a wider family of chips, Core 2 Duo is faster. I think that the Centrino is just a single core processor whereas Core 2 Duo is a dual core processor. Allows for multiprogramming / parallel programming / parallel processing. and they cover both laptop specific chips and desktop specific chips. Overall, Core 2 is a more powerful processor than Centrino.. in the same way that Pentium was more powerful than the Celeron of the same speed rating.

[Amd Athlon]

Centrino is not the name of the CPU but the name of a hardware package.

A Centrino and non Centrino PC can have the exact same processor, but the non Centrino PC might not have some wireless networking features that the other has.