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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/2013 04:43 PM, Angelo McComis
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,51)">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...</div>
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Thanks.<br>
So I'm back (mostly) to where I was before.<br>
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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?<br>
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If it weren't for decent performance from this other (older) VAIO, a
family hand-me-down, I'd write off the whole brand.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.)<br>
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-- R; <><<br>
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