i initialy thought the 7 might have been like 7th generation, perhaps 786 but it doesnt exactly line up atm... hmmmm
its going to be tough lining up series when there are so many differences - core count, hyperthreading, cache count, CSI enabled, integrated graphics, mobile variants, sockets etc...
ROFLMAO 7th generation done right, a proper sucessor done right unline a pentium 4 - the first true architectural change since the pentium pro?
ProDigit80 it wont be less power hungry then the current series - it will offer more performance in the same/similar thermal and power limits, and that 1.2ghz isn't sufficient for anything these days - people surf the web, listen to music, watch movies, and with vista and that heavy antivirus, chat program etc chewing resources you need more power, and Vista IS FASTER then xp - its designed to take advantage of modern hardware, not crappy 1.2ghz cpus with lame 512mb ram - thats so 2000, thats like me telling you your 1.2ghz isnt needed when i have windows 3.11, and 32mb of ram, and a 486-dx2 - it is indeed lighter and faster then your XP machine, and an absolute pile of rubbish.
When you try a machie with a quad core, 4+gb ram etc with Vista64 you will NEVER go back, and after around a month of use XP starts to feel obsolete, and its all mainstream and cheap these days.
Kudos to nehalem, multi-threading and 64 bit os's.