[colug-432] Intel Centrino

[tom]

On 12/10/2013 03:58 PM, Rick Troth wrote:
> 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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Thanks. I'm not in Columbus, and could easily download them. Willing to 
give it a try.

Tom
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