Pentium M to CoreDuo?

I just bought a laptop a day or two back, and it has a Pentium M 1.73 Ghz processor in it (I didn't have the cash to get much better now, and I needed the laptop so I decided I could upgrade it later).

I was wondering if it was possible to put a Core Duo on a Pentium M motherboard, as they're both intel? Or do they have different pin counts or something?

Here are the specs if it helps any:
Case ( Battalion-101 ML-Turbo 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA 1280x800 LCD TFT Notebook w/Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter )
Processor ( Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 [1.73Ghz, 533MhzFSB, 2MB Cache] )
Memory ( 1024MB(512MB X2) DDR2-533 PC4200 )
Video Card ( [User-Upgradable] NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 based MXM graphics module with 256MB Memory )
Hard Drive ( 100 GB 5400rpm Serial-ATA-150 Super Slim Notebook Hard Drive )
CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( 8x DVD-ROM & 24X16X24 CD-RW Combo Drive )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Fax Modem ( Build-in 56K V.92 Fax Modem [Notebook] )
Network Card ( Build-in 10/100/1000 Network LAN [Notebook] )
USB 2.0 Accessories ( Build-in 3x USB 2.0 Ports [Notebook] )
Flash Media Reader/Writer ( Build-in 4-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Notebook] )
Operation System ( MS Windows XP Home Edition w/Service Pack-2 )
IEEE-1394 Fire Wire Card ( Build-in 1x IEEE-1394 Firewire Port [Notebook] )
Wireless Network Adapter ( Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11g 54Mbps Mini-PCI Module )

Thank you in advance

 

Sorry, it wont work. The M used the 915 intel chipset on the mobo and the duo uses the new 945 intel chipset. Sorry

 

Looks like you scored in the graphics department though. User upradeable video card is nice.

 

You could upgrade to a better M. A 760 M would be kickin'

 

Is the performance difference from the 760 M worth the $300 or so it'll run me to upgrade to it? Will the Core Duo drop the Pentium M prices by any chance? If not, I'll just wait until I pick up a new laptop in two or three years.

Mach, yeah, I thought so. It's one of the main reasons I picked this up rather than a Dell M170 (well that and the $500 I saved by doing so).

 

I don't know. Intel is notrious for being stubborn on their processor prices (at least on the desktop) but I wouldn't think that it would be unreasonable to assume they would drop a little.