10 things you need to know about Intel's Core 2 Duo (aka "Conroe")

10 things you need to know about Intel's Core 2 Duo (aka "Conroe"): "About the lame code-naming convention: Conroe, Merom, and Woodcrest don't exactly call to mind 'speed' or 'kickin' performance.' Intel's desktop and workstation CPU design offices are in Oregon, California, and Texas, so it makes sense that the towns of Conroe (Texas) and Woodcrest (California) are represented in Intel's code names. And Merom? That's an ancient lake in Israel, so two guesses where the laptop chips are engineered. "