I am going to buy a laptop and was wondering which processor would be better for Boinc ...a Turion64x2 @2.00GHz or a C2D@2.0GHz?

Anyone out there with experience or insight? I have never owned a lappy before and am using it as a mobile command center for Boinc when I am on the road so the primary function is really running Boinc. I have not been able to find benchmarks directly comparing these 2 cpu's and any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks-Jeff

JR:


This might be helpful.

hmmm - no current CPUs to find there...

hot now: Dell XPS M1530 with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-Prozessor T9500 (2,60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2-Cache )

very hot: Dell Precision™ M6400 with Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Quad Core QX9300 (2.53GHz,1066MHz,12 MB )



if you want a decent mobile netbook: wait until dual-core ATOMs hit the shelves...

Well Frank they may be hot but my pocketbook isn't. Thats why I am looking at scratch & dent and furbies under 500$ @ 2.0GHz

perhaps our second-hand Dell expert (aka SID) can find you a Latitude D820 fitting your pocketbook..

Bought an Inspiron1525 furbie from Dell C2D T5850 2.16GHz 2 gig ram 120gig HD 15.4 in screen and a 9 cell battery ...my intro to Vista...wonder how long its going to take me to turn er into Linux?

First thing you want to do after registering Windows and updating or installing anti-virus software is to Disable VISTA 's UAC (User Account Controls).

Create a batch file named disable.bat and save it on your desktop with the following command to disable UAC:


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Create a batch file named enable.bat and save it on your desktop with the following command to enable UAC:


Run disable.bat and reboot the pc VISTA UAC will be disabled upon reboot
Run enable.bat when you need to enable VISTA UAC and reboot the pc...