Future puter portables go much faster all day, says Intel

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SAN FRANCISCO--Intel predicted major innovations in mobile technology at the Intel Developer Forum here this week.

In a keynote speech and subsequent briefings, Anand Chandrasekher, general manager of Intel's mobile platforms group, revealed the company's release schedule for the next generation of the Centrino brand. Other executives covered new chip, battery and display developments. It should all add up to eight hours of desktop performance in lightweight portables by the end of the decade, they said.

"The notebook is the one device that transcends office and home environments," Chandrasekher said on Wednesday. "End users want wireless capability, great battery life, high performance and a sleek form factor. These do not go hand in hand, and this is where the engineering challenge comes."

The next notebook platform, code-named Sonoma, will include the latest Pentium M processor, the Alviso support chip--due early next year--and Intel's 802.11a/b/g wireless adaptor.

"We are confident that 802.11a/b/g will become a standard enterprise recommendation," said Mooly Eden, director of marketing of mobile platforms. "It makes the client future-proof."

He added that Intel has recently introduced 802.11a testing to its Wireless Verification Program, designed to ensure ease of use when Centrino clients work with hot spots and wireless gateways. "When I started using wireless networking, it was only user-friendly in that you needed a lot of friends to be able to use it," Eden said. "Now we've worked with people like Linksys to reduce the number of configuration steps to set up their access points from 20 to three."

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[IronLionZion]

1. Future puters better be third-party Mac compatible

cause Intel blows.

[Deja Q]

2. So Apple is going to flip-flop AGAIN and allow 3rd parties to make clones?

First Apple didn't allow 3rd parties to make Mac clones.

Then the PC clones took off.

The Apple decided "Duh, if it worked for them it'll work for us" and allowed others to make Mac clones.

Then they changed their mind, citing quality reasons. :eyes: (Quality? Or price? Apple DOES gouge its customer base, I cannot believe it when they say their profit margins are low.)