AMD is working on a brand new x86 CPU core

[walsufnir]

Pemalite said:

walsufnir said:

 The inability to upgrade them was planned years ago (I think MXM interface it was called) but as I quit gaming on PC severaly ago, too, I didn't follow the stuff like I did before I quit.

MXM and AXIOM. :P

Yes, there was a second one - I just didn't want to google it :) But you are right about the "Centrino package". It was a smart move for Intel but also a good decision for consumers, in my opinion. Say what you want about intel hardware but they are definitely always what is top of the market. Especially the 2200BG chip was great at its time and my guess is that current wlan modules they build are also very good. It also helped to make notebooks in general more compatible to Linux as crucial hardware was from Intel and they have a very good driver support and generally very good Linux support until today.