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CPU roadmap: 2007 and beyond review
Reviews Intel will announce a new mobile platform this quarter, code-named Santa Rosa (some sources claim it will be released as Centrino Pro), built around its existing lineup of Core 2 Duo processors — although rumour has it the company will release a...
[March 19, 2007, 16:12]
Acer TravelMate 6292 review
Reviews Although it's the smallest notebook in the new Santa Rosa lineup, the TravelMate 6292 (302G16N configuration) does not share the slick, sleek and slim outline of genuine ultraportables like Sony’s VAIO VGN-TX5XN/B; nor can it match that machine...
[May 18, 2007, 15:53]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News I went to Santa Rosa. The hotel problem in San Francisco over the weekend was easily solved. There, in a "resort" hotel called the Flamingo, were gathered together the most extraordinary collection of famous computer people I've ever been involved...
[November 30, 1996, 7:00]
Dell Latitude XT review
Reviews Dell has been circumspect about the format, but saw the building of Tablet PC functionality into Windows Vista and Intel's low-power Santa Rosa platform as key features in prompting entry to the market.
[June 17, 2008, 12:22]
All day battery life is the clincher
Talkback That's why I opted for a powerful yet very portable Dell XPS m1330 which can last up to 7hrs due to a very efficient design and the Santa Rosa chipset. As laptops get more and more powerful (see the Dell XPS m1730) more and more people are moving...
[October 9, 2007, 13:19]
Microsoft denies Sony's Vista hardware claims
News Turbo Memory is an optional component of Intel's Centrino Pro/Duo platform (previously known as Santa Rosa), which makes use of Vista features such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive. Microsoft has denied Sony's claim that the current release of Vista...
[June 7, 2007, 13:49]
XP for eXcluded People?
Blog Comment On the last bunch of servers I worked on the HP iLO system let you remote mount CDs & floppys so you don't even need to visit the machine room (I presume Intels AMT has the similar functionality) and I'd have thought the Santa Rosa based laptops...
[July 19, 2007, 11:24]
Intel launches upgrade to Centrino
News Centrino Pro consists of a processor, chipset and radio combination code-named Santa Rosa. Intel will today launch a new mobile platform aimed at increasing notebook performance and reducing notebook power consumption.
[May 9, 2007, 11:43]
Fujitsu Siemens launches 3G laptop range
News Notebooks with integrated 3G have become more common over the past year and, at one point, the technology was even due to be included in Intel's Santa Rosa platform. Fujitsu Siemens has introduced a new range of professional notebook computers, all...
[July 9, 2007, 12:27]
Apple updates MacBook laptops
News Among those features are Intel "Santa Rosa" processors, solid-state hard drives and LED-backlit displays. Apple announced on Tuesday that it has updated its MacBook laptops with faster processors, more memory and more hard-drive space.
[May 16, 2007, 11:11]
Intel brands collide with 'Centrino Pro' notebooks
News The Centrino Pro notebooks will start arriving later in the second quarter as part of Intel's Santa Rosa update. Brands are colliding over at Intel, with the company's decision to call its notebook management technology Centrino Pro.
[April 5, 2007, 10:46]
Dell still gets thumbs up
Blog Comment The Dell m1330 weighed 4lbs, had a Nvidia 8400m 128mb (DX10), upto 7hrs battery life thanks to the santa rosa processor and 9cell 85whr battery, Wireless N, and a bunch of features that were nice bonuses like HDMI out, 200Gb and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR...
[October 15, 2007, 22:00]
AMD prepares new Opteron offerings
News Later this year, AMD will introduce a new type of Opteron, the Rev F models, code-named Santa Rosa, Kerby said. AMD plans to announce three new 2.6GHz Opteron models on Monday, the newest step in its steady effort to encroach on a market that Intel...
[March 6, 2006, 8:20]
Chipmakers trim prices
News PC makers early next year will also release notebooks based on the Santa Rosa platform, which will also usher in faster notebook chips and, in all likelihood, more notebook price cuts. Intel and AMD have both introduced autumn price cuts.
[October 25, 2006, 9:50]
Laptop makers push pre-standard wireless
News At that stage Intel's Centrino update — code-named Santa Rosa — will also contain a 3G EDGE module. Next-generation wireless connectivity is now being offered in the latest notebook PCs, despite concerns over whether it will work with the latest...
[November 10, 2006, 13:56]
'Overclockers' turn PCs into hot rods
News Justin Wilson, of Santa Rosa, California, uses a motorcycle radiator to cool his PC. Tom Leufkens remembers, all too well, the day he looked inside his computer and discovered a block of ice growing there.
[April 11, 2000, 9:00]
Intel adds security to second-generation VPro
News For mobile PCs, the first-generation VPro will arrive in Intel's "Santa Rosa" version of Centrino in the second quarter of 2006, and the second-generation will arrive in 2008, Ferron-Jones said. Intel will release its "LaGrande" security technology...
[March 19, 2007, 12:05]
HP details latest notebook range
News The launch of some of HP's new laptops, as well as those from competitors, ties in with Intel's Centrino Pro platform, formerly code-named Santa Rosa, coming to market. HP has unveiled 13 laptops — some featuring the latest Intel mobile technology...
[May 10, 2007, 12:24]
Dell Latitude D630 review
Reviews VAT) Dell Latitude D630 we tested was built on Intel's hot-off-the-presses Santa Rosa platform. More important, the notebook's magnesium alloy case brings an extra sturdiness that you don't see on consumer systems, and its display hinges are...
[May 29, 2007, 10:19]
Why I've moved from Vista to Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Ubuntu generally works just fine on my Santa Rosa laptop. In the mid 90s I spent several years producing newspapers on Apple Macs. Since the late 90s I've dabbled with Linux, but there have always been compelling reasons to return to, or stick with...
[October 21, 2007, 23:26]
