I have an Intel Core i7. It's multi-threaded quad-core, the CPU graph shows 8 bars.

Anyway, maybe look up that CPU on Newegg or something?

And what does tell you about it?

It's a dual core with hyperthreading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i5

If I'm not mistaken all the core i3/5/7 are hyperthreaded. The kernel reads each core as 2 cores with hyperthreading.

Be showin' my hatin' skillz, G!.

Thanks, I don't know why I didn't think of that before...

But yeah, it's a 2-core w/ multithreading. It shows "ht" under the capabilites list, so I'm guessing that's for "hyperthreading".

Installing XP under Oracle(Sun) Virtual Box to see if my system can handle all of it. I doubt it though.

Installed XP inside virtual box and everything is working now. Network had some glitches but I sorted it out. Guest is part of my domain as well and all the Group Policies work absolutely wonderful. Yes, the processor is not that powerful and utilization does increase a hell lot but system still manages to work fine without heating or rebooting. So I am guessing system does not hate it.

I feel spoiled - my new laptop can run a VM with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x86_64 while hardly breaking a sweat...

I'm plotting to steal Mr. Code's laptop, grinch style, but it's only because my heart is 2 sizes too small.

MrCode now has ruined my day. I'm tired of my netbook and the sinfully bad Atom n270. Perhaps it's time to get a job for the summer.

Too hot outside to do any real work. It makes me feel lazy, so I just browse these forums....

Mons

LOL sorry guys, I'm not meaning to brag...frankly, I don't know what I'm gonna do with all this processing power!

I keep the muscle power to the desktop. keep the net-book sleek and mobile.

I mostly made the decision to get this one based on the wireless card, actually. I'd heard good things about Atheros wireless support under Linux, so I picked this one because it has an Atheros card in it.

I'm strictly aginst netbooks, mostly because they're centered around the whole "cloud" hype, and also because they're just too tiny! I just don't see myself typing on a keyboard that small...

The Core i5 CPU and GeForce 310M GPU were mostly bonuses, and besides, anything (except maybe a netbook) would've been an improvement over my current main desktop performance-wise...

I must say, though, that limited resources aren't always a bad thing; my Arch desktop boots to a graphical login screen in about the same time as this machine does...and in 256 MiB of RAM! It would probably be able to go down to 128, too, and still boot in the nick of time. So really, besides applications being a little slower (okay, a lot slower ) on the desktop, there really isn't that big of a performace gap.

Hardware VT-x virtualization is a plus, too.

I have an e6600 and an i7 920 that I have overclocked, but my poor laptop is a t2390, which really isn't bad and with Slack it's nimble, but if I'm going to be compiling anything of size I'd better have it plugged in while I go out for the evening!

I'll trade you.....even money!