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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1249314" data-attributes="member: 5868">Yep, Pentium M, same thing, or look for the Centrino label (which has some other components optimized for wireless use).  From what I understand, the reason the "M" gets improved performance is that Intel changed some of the other hardware tied to the processor that in a normal P-series computer slows the data stream.  Fewer, simpler components mean better overall performance even if the processor itself isn't as fast as the base processor in standard machines.  (Or something like that -- I don't claim to be a computer engineer.)Edit: Are you going to use any wireless Internet/networking?  If so, I recommend you get an 802.11g compatible device -- they're about 4-5 times faster than the standard 802.11b devices (and backwards compatible, so you can use them on an 802.11b network).  It's blisteringly fast -- at home, it's my external high-speed connection that slows me down, not my wireless.  The 802.11b network on campus feels positively sluggish by comparison, even though they've got a faster hard line.  I upgraded my internal wireless capability from 802.11b to 802.11g for $29.</blockquote>