Navdeep Shergill (A Geek at heart)

Finally some love for Intel Core Duo

April 18th, 2006

Intel has been taking quite a beating this year. This year started with so much fanfare: the new logo, new tagline, new apple machines. The stock is down about 25% for the year. Currently it tads a little above $19; and god knows where it might head after tomorrow’s earning news. As depressing as the stock price is as an employee; whats more of a concern is the negative media reporting. Everywhere you read, people are just writing about how much of a beating Intel is taking compared to AMD. Even Mr. I LOVE INTC (Jim Cramer) has switched sides. Jim Cramer is the host of wildly popular Mad Money show on CNBC. On one of his recent shows; he compared AMD to Toyota, and Intel to GM. If you haven’t noticed; GM isn’t doing too well.

Amid all this negative press; I was surprised to find a favorable review of an Intel chip. Tech Report reviewed Intel’s latest and greatest: CoreDuo chip. CoreDuo is basically two Centrino chips on one core. How good is the CoreDuo? Well, it was good enough for Apple to put inside their MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac mini. You can read the 16 page review for yourself. Tech Report not only rated CoreDuo as a superior mobile chip; but also as a viable alternative as a Desktop performer.

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