NEW ONES LIKE THE CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 SUPPORT SPEED STEP
TECHNOLOGY
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T4200 has Enhanced Intel® Speedstep Technology which the celeron
doesn't.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37251 vs
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41498
Not having speedstep on an laptop will be bad for your battery
consumption.
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Newer Intel processors incorporate something known as
"SpeedStep." When the processor is not being used extensively, it
downclocks itself to conserve power. You can disable this feature
if it bothers you in your BIOS.
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In general, underclocking.
Some specific types of underclocking include "dynamic frequency
scaling", "CPU throttling", "SpeedStep ", "Cool'n'Quiet ",
"PowerNow!", "Downclocking", "LongRun" and "LongHaul".
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Hyper-Threading is a technology used by some Intel
microprocessors that allows a single microprocessor to act like two
separate processors to the operating system and the application
programs that use it.