Lab Rats - #207 - What's new with Intel?

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Lab Rats

#207 / February 1, 2010 / 23:37 min.

What's new with Intel?

Andy and Sean take a look at Intel's currently consumer-friendly CPU lineup and get a glimpse at the new products just announced at CES 2010.

Should I buy an Atom processor?

Should I bother with Celeron?

Pentium? Dual core, Core 2 Quad? i7, i5?

The Lab Rats

demystify computer processors

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Intel Processors:

Atom = low power processor chips.

Celeron = rock-bottom pricing on a single-core processor.

Pentium - a mainstream performance dual-core processor valued for a budget.

Core 2 Duo = small form-factor performance computers.

Core 2 Quad = robust performance computer at a slight increase in cost.

Core i5 = a desktop only quad-core processor with hyper-threading technology.

Core i7 = a quad-core processor with hyper-threading technology. Core i7 has a turbo-boost technology.

More on the AMD CPU lineup here: labratsonline.com/amd-cpu.

What is a 32-bit application? More here: labratsonline.com/32bit.

What is a 64-bit application? More here: labratsonline.com/64bit.

For those who don't remember Pentium D: labratsonline.com/pentium-d.