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    Napa?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by samw1se, Jun 7, 2006.

  1. samw1se

    samw1se Notebook Geek

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    im on the virge of purchasing a new core duo laptop. it says it has 'napa' technology. is this old type of intel chip? i read somewhere that napa was codeword for yonah before it was released. could someone please tell me if i am buying an out of date cpu before i go and spend a bomb on this thing.
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    Napa is the name of the platform: CPU + chipset

    Yonah is the CPU

    Currently Napa is the newest platform.
     
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    samw1se Notebook Geek

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    oh that is good to hear.
    thx qwester
     
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