Laptop makers mobilize Pentium-M models
C|Net | at | by Mike
PC manufacturers are coming out with a slew of new notebooks containing Intel's Pentium-M processor, and executives claim that the underlying technology goes a long way toward improving the laptop experience. Over the next day or so, Dell Computer, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and others will start selling new notebooks for the business and consumer markets that feature the Pentium-M, an energy-efficient notebook processor. Because it consumes less energy, the chip produces less heat, meaning notebooks weigh less--they don't need as many fans or heat sinks. And Pentium-M notebooks generally run four or more hours on a single battery charge, longer than typical laptops in the past.