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What's Intel's name for the Core 2 Duo Processor?

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I am getting an exchange for my Dell (sorry, it is crap, I must say) laptop that has a Dual Core Yonah inside. How is that compared to Intel's Core 2 Duo....does anyone know the name of the Core 2 Duo. Is the Yonah a good processor or has it been replaced by a newer one?

Thanks....I just need to know before I get dumped on the 2nd time by Dell.
 
I believe the current portable Core 2 Duo is the Merom. Or something to that effect. There's a different name for the desktop version, but I'm not sure what it is.
 
The Processor currently in the MacBook Pro is "Merom".

Apple says it is up to 50% faster than its predecessor, Yonah.

Tommorow may bring a new MacBook Pro line-up with new processors called "Santa Rosa".
 
So the Yonah is.....

So, the Yonah is the same as the MacBooks Core Duo processor?
 
That's what I thought

I kinda thought it was an older processor. Thanks for the information!
 
Those are all code names...

but Intel market the Merom mobile chip (which Apple uses in its portables and iMac) as Centrino duo
 
Just to clear up any confusion on my part

I am thinking that the Yonah was the first processor in the MacBooks that were called Core Duo . The Merom is what is in the current MacBooks called the Core 2 Duo. Is this correct?

I've heard that the Yonah (core duo) had some problems and I am trying to get rid of problems so I don't want to go from one to another.
 
Willis said:
but Intel market the Merom mobile chip (which Apple uses in its portables and iMac) as Centrino duo
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***trembles in fear at confusing the issue even further***

"Centrino Duo" refers to the platform, not the chip. It can refer to a Napa platform containing either Yonah or Merom dual-core chips, but it is also being used to refer to the stripped down version of the Santa Rosa platform with second-generation Merom chips.

And to wrap it all up, Apple technically does not use Centrino platforms at all, because they do not use Intel's wireless adapter.
 
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