I am completely confused these days, when it comes to figuring out
what is what with processors, and I suppose that is by design. For
example, I am comparing two processors in two different laptops which
have a 80 dollar difference.
Both are ACER laptops and they have the exact same hardware, and
similar software. They have a slightly different look, one is from
the Extensa family.. for office, and the other is an Aspire
supposedly for home, and Media. But take away the case coloring and
the only real difference is the CPU, and that doesn't appear to be
much different either.
The Extensia has a 1.83 Dual Core Mobile and the Aspire has a
2.0 Core 2 Mobile Centrino 2 ...but I get the feeling they are
both Centrinos although only the Aspire advertises the fact. Centrino
is not eve mentioned in the spec sheet. Look at the spec sheets side
by side and I don't see much difference between the CPUs.
http://tinyurl.com/5hl34f
I see the Core 2 Duo has a tiny bit faster CPU, twice the cache, a
little faster bus speed
and a different Bus/Core Ratio .... and that's it.... or is
it? Looking at this I would say they are from the same family and
probably the Core 2 is a tiny bit faster ... like 10 -15 percent
which isn't worth the 80 bucks.... or are their internal design
features I am not seeing or aware of?
