Centrino 2 promises full actual Blu-Ray movie on single battery charge, wait . . . that wasn't possible before?

by William Maher  |  Tuesday 15 July 2008
Centrino 2 promises full actual Blu-Ray movie on single battery charge, wait . . . that wasn't possible before?

Intel promises you'll be able to watch a full Blu-Ray movie on a single battery charge, once again highlighting the woeful battery problems facing laptop users.

The news might come as a welcome relief if you were previously considering splashing out a few thousand dollars on a previous generation laptop for a spot of Blu-ray watching.

Centrino 2 has been on the cards for a long while now, and has some specific tricks in store, including:
- WiMax (though not likely in Australia yet)
- Intel's 45nm Penryn Core 2 Duo chips
- Better onboard graphics (GMA X4500)
- Ability to switch between onboard and discrete graphics
- Full Blu-Ray movie on a single charge

Given that many sub $1,000 notebooks would struggle to get through a DVD, let alone a Blu-Ray movie, this comes as welcome news.

We'll be at Intel's official launch tomorrow, and will report on any extra news then.
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Comments: 2
kevin_watters
15 July 2008
 Its NOT the chipset but rather the OS that is responsible for poor battery life... on my Dell laptop with Vista installed... I get about 40 minutes run time... with XP installed it gets about 2 1/2 hours.

Take those 'sub $1000' notebooks and put XP or Linux on them and you would have NO PROBLEM getting 2 1/2 hours out of them. The 'struggle' is caused by Vista.


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Centrino 2 promises full actual Blu-Ray movie on single battery charge, wait . . . that wasn't possible before??
Intel promises you'll be able to watch a full Blu-Ray movie on a single battery charge, once again highlighting the woeful battery problems facing laptop users.


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.:Cyb3rGlitch:.
15 July 2008
 I think the issue is that battery technology it too infant, and the power consumption is too high.

*cracks whip*

Work harder scientists!

*cracks whip*
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