Pentium M
Jameson
I am a bit confused between the Pentium M, and the Centrino. I am
looking to buy a used laptop online, and the description syas that it
has a Pentium M. Does this mean that it had built-in (internal)
wireless (whether it is 802.11b/g)? Sorry for the silly question.
Thanks in advance.
tc
depending on age) which includes the Pentium M processor. When the computer
maker didn't want to use the Intel wireless chip (because they had something
cheaper or better or didn't include wireless) they could still use the
Pentium M and chipset but not the name Centrino.
Terry
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Jameson
Thanks for getting back to me. So, I guess that I can assume that it
doesn't include built-in wireless (even if it is done through the
mini-PCI slot)? Thanks for your help!
Jameson
tc
the Centrino name was that the Intel wireless chip only supported 11b
originally. Check the specs of the unit you are interested in to see if it
has wireless. Ask the seller.
Terry
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Andrew
: Hi Everyone...
Centrino is a package that includes the Pentium M CPU, an Intel
Chipset, and an integrated WiFi card. As I understand it, the
Centrino Wireless card is still just plugged into a mini-PCI slot.
A Pentium M laptop not branded "Centrino" may or may not have
integrated wireless. The laptop manufacturer may simply have opted
for a different wireless solution or may have wanted to add a wireless
option as an upgrade.
I don't really know of any benefit to using (or not using) the Intel
802.11g that is part of Centrino (early ones were 802.11b, the new
ones should all be g/b). As long as the laptop has integrated
(mini-PCI) wireless and was Pentium M, I wouldn't care if it was
Centrino or not.
Andrew
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Georg E.
> I am a bit confused between the Pentium M, and the Centrino. I am
> looking to buy a used laptop online, and the description syas that it
> has a Pentium M. Does this mean that it had built-in (internal)
> wireless (whether it is 802.11b/g)? Sorry for the silly question.
Not a silly question - a few moths ago I was just as puzzled as you are.
It probably won't have the PCI card, but have a slot for it.
I recently bought a laptop with a Pentium-M processor. It did not include
the mini PCI card (but has a slot for it). Since I installed an Intel 2200
g-type mini PCI card, I have been getting a Centrino message when I boot up
the computer (i.e. the system now recognises that all tree Centrino
characteristics - processor, chipset and wireless - are present).
In other words, a Centrino package without the mini PCI card is legally not
a Centrino, but really it is.
You should still check the exact type of Pentium-M. As I understand the
early ones are not saving battery power as well as the more recent ones.
Georg
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Further complicating this is that many laptops have mini-pci card slots,
but no corresponding antenna or worse, nothing more than the access
panel to the slot so a card cannot be installed. It pays to actually
examine the card slot to verify that it has antenna leads and the card
mounting hardware installed.
Q
Stavros Christoforou
exact answer concerning the existence/not of a card
Jameson
The laptop I am looking to buy is a used Dell Inspiron 600m. I know
Dell is still making them, but this one isn't brand new. The listing
shows that the processor type is a Pentium M. If I am correct, this
could still mean that it is a Centrino, right?
Any ideas?
I would like to thank everyone for the help!
JHEM
> Hi Stavros...
>
> The laptop I am looking to buy is a used Dell Inspiron 600m. I know
> Dell is still making them, but this one isn't brand new. The listing
> shows that the processor type is a Pentium M. If I am correct, this
> could still mean that it is a Centrino, right?
All Centrinos are Pentium Ms, but not all Pentium Ms are Centrinos.
The mere absence of an internal WiFi card doesn't mean that the unit can't
be upgraded to WiFi later as most recent laptops come with the antennae
already installed whether or not there's a card present.
The 600m is one of these cases AFAIK and already has the antennae installed
regardless of whether there's a Wifi card installed.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins600m/en/sm/index.htm
Your best course of action of course is to simply ask the seller!
Regards,
James
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Speaking of Pentium "M", I have an old Toshiba CDT 420 which defines
itself as "Pentium M". Does that mean its a Pentium 1 or what?
It seems must much faster than my old NEC laptops which are old
486's. That I/O speed is a Pentium "M"????
Kokomo Joe
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volts, 2.0 amps, center-positive polarity. What I now want is an adaptor
to run the computer from a cars cigarette lighter socket: DC 12 volts.
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lamptop. (Would also buy the 115V AC adapter with this one as a pair. If
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nominally cheap price ($10) to get it for spare parts.
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type? If I remove the screws from the bottom of the Mac 170, will any
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