Quote from limitdown:
it is exceedingly hard to catch the blips on the taskmgr of the 2nd processor when in use, and verify this visually....
they are worth the extra money, especially with the bloat-ware of the Microsoft Operating Systems. That is why the Mac's and other UNIX based systems continue to beat the WinTel (windows intel) operating system bloatware from microsoft every time.
They are thin footprint systems by definition, and you have the problem of not being able to support every plug/play device and you have to hunt for drivers or create them and hope that they work, that's why its risky to run your trading apps on a Linux system, unless the software vendors for your broker certifies operations on Linux, or Unix, or Mac.
these dual cores run wonders, and minimizes the deliterious effect of the 5400rpm and 7200 rpm HDD's.
the problem you're attempting to address and point out are the motherboard front side bus(s) that are used in laptops....these are the true bottlenecks and delays....
there are some custom fabricators that take their specs to PNY and the other Tiawanesse fabricators and build and sell their own custom laptop configurations, but they specifically use small footprint desktop motherboards in their laptop models, just to bypass these inherent problems.
once they improve on that, then there really will be no difference between desktop and luggables.
in the mean time, then I vote for the AMD dual cores.
haven't had much success with the other Acer's, but the SagerNotebooks beat the Dells any day of the week.
cheers
