What hardware

[James Mcintosh]

What hardware does a laptop lent to me have?
 
The owner says that it's a Pentium 3 with several gigabytes of RAM.
 
The hardware reports to me:
 
Computer:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1400MHz 587MHz 512 MB of RAM

Does "Pentium M" mean "Pentium 3"?
 
It reports two speeds:
1400MHz
587MHz
 
Why?
 
Is the 1400MHz for processor, and the 587MHz for RAM speed, or speed of floating point processor - or what?
 
It seems to me that it has only 512 MB of RAM, rather than his stated "several gigabytes".
 
Maybe his recollections are mistaken?
 
I apologize for asking such a beginner's question.
 
James E. McIntosh
JamesEMcIntosh-Iimme/3Z544AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
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