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Intel, Centrino chips vs. Apple and 802.11.b
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What do you all think about this announcement? Will Intel's Centrino be competitive vs existing wireless technology?
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nytimes.com
March 13, 2003
New Chip From Intel Aids Wireless Web
By REUTERS
Intel introduced a set of chips yesterday that promises to make wireless Internet access a standard feature on laptops and to untie computer users from power outlets and telephone jacks.
At news conferences in cities around the globe, Intel presented its new Centrino chips, designed to allow mobile computer users at home and in more public places to go on the Internet via radio waves.
"It's going to give a kick to the industry," Intel's chief executive, Craig Barrett, said in New York. "This is really — after 20 years of talking about it — the most tangible evidence" of the convergence of computing and communications, he said.
Shares of Intel rose 35 cents, or 2.2 percent, yesterday, to close at $16.20 on Nasdaq.
Centrino laptop users who are within 100 yards of access points called "hot spots" will be able to surf the Internet or use corporate networks. Intel said it was working with partners like telephone network operators, hotels and airports to verify that some 10,000 hot spots are fully up to speed this year in 15 countries around the globe.
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Now I know, and knowing is half the battle!
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Centrino is simply embedded 802.11b hardware-it is, in fact, compatible with anything that's AirPort compatible. The big deal is that it's embedded; there's no additional hardware, like an AirPort card, etc. needed, so the laptop is essentially complete and mobile straight out of the box.
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It's Intel's way of 'doing a Microsoft'
Take existing technology, give it a new name and try to convince the world it's something new that they invented.
As has already been mentioned, it's little more than 802.11b on a chip rather than a card.
To the average consumer, the difference is that you don't have an ugly PCCard antenna sticking out the side of your laptop - oh, wait! Mac laptops have internal cards, so even that idea isn't new.
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The real impact of Centrino is going to be that there will be only one implementation of 802.11b on the vast majority of PC laptops. That means that if they do things right, everything will be much easier to update and enhance whenever it's needed. If they goof, they'll go down in flames for screwing things up.
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Glenn -----
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Centrino...will that necessarily take up LESS space than an airport card since it is on a chip?
My main complaint against buying a 12" powerbook from Apple right now
is that fact that there's no room for a DVI port. Would incorporating 802.11b like the Centrino possibly open up enough room for such a port?
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