[colug-432] Intel Centrino

[Rick Troth]

On 12/10/2013 04:43 PM, Angelo McComis wrote:
> Minor clarification: 
>
> According to Wikipedia, the Centrino branding formerly (originally)
> applied to the CPU / Mainboard Chipset / Wireless controller together.
>  Later did it only refer to the Wireless Controller...

Thanks.
So I'm back (mostly) to where I was before.

But ... some digging (since Tom shared his pain) indicates that my
daughter's VAIO has a dual-core Pentium at 1.5GHz. Doesn't sound like a
slouch, but the thing runs dog slow. What's killing it? FSB? memory?

If it weren't for decent performance from this other (older) VAIO, a
family hand-me-down, I'd write off the whole brand.

I've been burned by "bargain" processors in recent years. (Sometimes
fine for low-load servers, but miserable for desktop use. Maybe it's the
GPU that I should worry about?) Am learning to read-up more carefully
before buying.

Anyway ... Tom ... older releases of Fedora should run fine on Centrino.
Want a F14 CD? I am sure I have one squirreled away. Recent Debian
should run fine too. (And that's easier to find on the web even now.)

-- R; <><



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