[SGVLUG] Linux Sonoma (Centrino) Support

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 9/20/05, Chris Smith <cbsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/20/05, Dustin <laurence at alice.caltech.edu> wrote:
> Yeah, anyone who says the Althon64 was "much" lower powered than the
> P4 hasn't been in the low-powered chip space much. Sure, it has an
> advantage over the P4, but it's a gas guzzler compared to Pentium-M or
> its predecessor, the PIII. More importantly Intel's Centrino chipset
> does a great job managing power beyond the chip. AMD is catching up in
> this space, but they are unfortunately quite a bit behind.

But when you say P4 at 88W vs. Athlon 64 at 55W is not "much" lower
power I have to question that? Neither Pentium-M or Turion is "really
lowpower"  25W for turion vs. 21W for the Dothain is not a big
differance.