Comments on: After miscue, Centrino 2 takes the stage

Intel's newest mobile platform brings new processors, chipsets, and graphics engine, along with improvements in wireless capability and security.

[Anto]

Does anyone knows when is this processor going to be adopted by Apple? I'm planning on buying a MacBook Pro.....

[truthteller33]

90% of all US retail notebooks sold to consumers come with integrated graphics. Intel didnt launch one SKU with integrated graphics and the press fell for it. Where are the reviews showing the performance and compatibility of the IGP 4500? Where is the real test with a real system measuring battery life on HD video and IGP? You cant find them BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST YET! The press can be so gullible it cracks me up. They fell for it. Net-net, nothing new was delivered in the launch. Penryn mobile isnt new, as they have been around for months. They didnt deliver the graphics chipset. They said August...cough....cough. "N" had already been delivered so nothing new. More WiMax powerpoint and demos, but no shipping cards. So.....when you really add it up the only new thing launched in Centrino 2 were discrete graphuics cards from ATI and Nvidia.

[gerrrg]

Gibberish.

The Centrino2 platform includes graphics chipset and wireless chipset. The 4500HD chipset for desktops support full HD 1080p but not the 4500 mobile chipset - yet. Which begs the question...what compatibility issues with the GMA 4500 are you talking about? That's part and parcel of the Centrino 2 platform.

The Penryn (Core 2 Duo) isn't new, but the processors introduced are - 1066 FSB over 800 FSB for the older Penryns...that and faster CPU clock speeds.

At what point is reporting the news of Centrino2 revealing the press to be gullible? I'm not 1% smart, so please help.

[Get_Bent]

"removed overclock protection". Great! Now I can overclock the CPU in my laptop, then watch it overheat and shut down (or worse yet, overheat and melt down).

"an Intel employee played the PC version of Assassin's Creed on a notebook with the Extreme Mobile Processor." Was that using the integrated graphics or discrete graphics? I suspect the latter. No matter how hard Intel tries, their IGP is barely usable for medium-level games and completely unusable for high-end games. At least now you have the ability to switch between the two, trading off between battery life and graphics performance.