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"But, they aren't. "

You think they aren't when they go calling on major accounts?

"The $100 premium is most likely the Centrino branding and power."

Maybe. But the Turion version is the one in the ads.

"The $300 premium is b/c there's higher performance in Core Duo"

Except that is a Core Solo at 1.66GHz. I doubt if there is any performance advantage. The Core Duo will cost you even more.