What is the difference between a Dual core Processor and a Core 2 duo processor?

Question

What is a centrino technology which comes with some notebook processors?

I am planning to buy a notebook and i don't know which processor to opt for

Answer 1

Centrino is Intel's mobile platform that is composed of an Intel mobile processor, Intel chipset and Intel's wireless chip.

Centrino Duo uses Intel's Core Duo processor (Yonah2). It is a 32bit only mobile processor that uses the first generation Intel Core technology.

Centrino Core 2 Duo uses Intel's latest technology 64bit dual core processor (Conroe). This has the best performance.

Answer 2

Dual core processor is a much more general term, referring to any processor with two cores. A C2D (Core 2 Duo) is a specific processor line shipped out by Intel.