RE: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new Intel Processor kepthidden by Wintel and press

2006-02-01 Thread Mark Dodge
How would I know if I have a Core Duo???
I have a laptop with dual cores or at least dnet says it is. Is there some
kind of logo? 


Mark Dodge
MD Computers
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Subject: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new Intel Processor
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http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/29/opinion_core_duo_microsoft_power_drain/

If you plug a USB 2.0 device into one of the new Inteo Core Duo laptops, it
reduces the battery life by 80 minutes.

Microsoft and Intel knew about this bug months ago but didn't bother to tell
anyone.  Many tech journalists have evaluated the laptops and none of them
found this bug.

The Core Duo is the chip that all of Apple's new laptops and Intel's entire
new line of laptops is built on.  Intel blames M$ drivers, which is
interesting.
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Re: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new Intel Processor kepthidden by Wintel and press

2006-02-01 Thread Brian Weeden
The CoreDuo is Intel's new mobile CPU line and to the best of my
knowledge no current products have it.  The first ones will be the new
Mac Book Pros announced by Jobs.  The other major notebook
manufactureres will be close behind.

You have a dual core CPU but not a CoreDou, which is the new
marketing name.  Intel is dropping the name Pentium.

On 2/1/06, Mark Dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 How would I know if I have a Core Duo???
 I have a laptop with dual cores or at least dnet says it is. Is there some
 kind of logo?


 Mark Dodge
 MD Computers
 360-772-2433
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden
 Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:30 AM
 To: hwg
 Subject: [H] Serious battery life bug found in new Intel Processor
 kepthidden by Wintel and press

 http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/29/opinion_core_duo_microsoft_power_drain/

 If you plug a USB 2.0 device into one of the new Inteo Core Duo laptops, it
 reduces the battery life by 80 minutes.

 Microsoft and Intel knew about this bug months ago but didn't bother to tell
 anyone.  Many tech journalists have evaluated the laptops and none of them
 found this bug.

 The Core Duo is the chip that all of Apple's new laptops and Intel's entire
 new line of laptops is built on.  Intel blames M$ drivers, which is
 interesting.
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 Brian


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