No. Core 2 is on a different socket type. The i3 will not fit into the core 2 socket, and vice versa.
The Intel X35 Core i7 motherboards are great, and very fast with DD3 memory and QPI.
Intel celeron is the lowest processor Intel offers. Below is the list from best to worst: Intel core i7 Intel core i5 Intel core 2 quad Intel core 2 duo Intel core 2 solo Intel pentium Intel celeron For laptops: Intel core i7 Intel core 2 extreme Intel core 2 quad Intel core 2 duo Intel centrino Intel pentium Intel celeron
Intel core
Not as yet (September 2009) Intel is working on śkulltrail 2.0', but to when, or if, that will be release, Intel has not said yet. But even if they dont release skulltrail 2.0, sooner or later there will be a xeon version of the i7, and there is always dual (and higher) xeon motherboards.
My PC is running the 3.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo from Intel. - PageFault
Intel Core
No. The Intel Core Duo is a 32-bit processor. it is not capable of running 64-bit operating systems or applications.
The Intel Core Duo.
The current lineup of Core processors includes the latest Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5, and Intel Core i3
Definitely an intel core quad q6600. I tried running it on an intel core 2 duo, it was okay, but the frame rate was terrible.
Apple uses a range of processors depending upon their needs these include Intel Core 2 Duo, quad-core Intel Core i5, quad-core Intel Core i7, Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500,, Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 "Nehalem" processors.
core its faster