Today, Intel has introduced its upgraded Centrino platform, formerly code-named Santa Rosa, along with several new mobile processors. In PC World tests of two systems equipped with the new Intel products–the $1309 HP Pavilion dv6500t and the $2270 Gateway E-475M–we found that the new platform offers users a good technological leg up, though it doesn’t establish tremendous new performance records.
(Also check out our photo tour of another new notebook from HP with the latest Intel technology, the $2999 Pavilion HDX Entertainment Notebook, which features a whopping 20.1-inch display, a TV tuner and HD DVD drive.)
As you’d expect, other major vendors–including Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Sony, and Toshiba–will have new systems of their own available, some at launch, and others within the next month or so. For more details, check our staff blog later today for announcements on more Santa Rosa-based consumer and business notebooks.
Source: PC World