I've said it before and even tried explaining it with a little more technical stuff. However, I'd like to point you guys to this article:
Why isn't Intel telling the whole Centrino story?
Read the whole thing and it will tell you what's up. As I've said in the forums, the Pentium-M is based on the PIII architecture and thus is more efficient then the P4. However, the P4 can be clocked a lot faster.
Which one performs better?
The Pentium-M (Centrino). The article goes into how people are confused since Intel has been selling the speed game the entire time and the fact the P-M runs at 1.6 Ghz compared to a P4 @ 2.4 Ghz confuses them. The Pentium-M is also more expensive and yet to them, it appears slower.
This is exactly what I've been trying to explain and also why AMD has a slower clock and yet comprable (if not better) performance. It would appear Intel has just tripped on it's own marketing machine that marketed speed as what you need. They're confused since if they market the Pentium-M as better, they pretty much destroy all their hardwork in convincing consumers that Mhz is what matters.
In fact, the article also talks about the lawsuit filed against Intel for misrepresenting their performance with false advertising and so on. I already knew about this, but figured I'd bring this up since it's related. It's possible that they're not marketing the Pentium-M like this since that would pretty much have them admitting that they've been misleading consumers.
Discuss.




