[_] Which CPU?
Peter Marshall
peter at sparkdata.co.uk
Thu Jul 6 12:45:14 BST 2006
>
> So how and why is the Core 2 Duo any better than this Pentium
> D? It has a lower clock speed and a similar (I think) cache.
>
Different technology base apparently - the Pentium D was the Intel
knee-jerk response to AMD, the Core 2 Duo is the 'proper-job' and so is
generally faster/lower power usage etc. According to bloke here, his
chum at Intel says that they're not actually shipping the Core 2 Duo
until August anyways.