Centrino Duo and Viiv are the cornerstones of Intel's strategy in 2006 and beyond.
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Intel CEO Paul Otellini stands next to the first PC "luggable" while explaining how things that were once "new" are now considered very "normal."
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A PowerBook and iPod are prominently displayed in this slide, but there was no mention of Apple during the entire keynote.
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The dual-core "Intel Core Duo" processor, formerly code-named Yonah, is introduced.
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Centrino Duo, based on the new processor, promises many improvements over its predecessor.
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Sean Maloney, Intel Executive VP and General Manager of the Mobility Group, joins Mr. Otellini to demonstrate the "magic" the Core Duo processor will enable.
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A side-by-side comparison of the fastest Centrino laptop and the new Centrino Duo showed that while the new laptop could play back video smoothly while ripping a CD and importing photos, its predecessor dropped many frames while playing video and ripping the disc and got completely stuck when importing photos was added to the mix.
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Michael Dell demonstrates his company's new 20-inch "portable desktop," powered by Centrino Duo.
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Mr. Otellini ushers in the Viiv era.
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A number of content providers have already committed to delivering the goods for Viiv systems.
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Actor Morgan Freeman discusses ClickStar with Mr. Otellini, a movie download service with the goal of delivering new movies to Viiv systems the same day they are released in theaters.
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Danny DeVito, Tom Hanks, and others put there support behind ClickStar and Viiv as well.
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Gametap, running on Viiv, is demonstrated to the audience. A wireless game controller wakes up to take over control of the Viiv system from the remote when doing so.
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