{"id":461,"date":"2007-01-10T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T03:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/01\/10\/turion-64-x2-or-core-2-duo-for-a-linux-laptop"},"modified":"2007-01-10T22:35:39","modified_gmt":"2007-01-11T03:35:39","slug":"turion-64-x2-or-core-2-duo-for-a-linux-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/01\/10\/turion-64-x2-or-core-2-duo-for-a-linux-laptop","title":{"rendered":"Turion 64 X2 or Core 2 Duo for a Linux Laptop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Interweb (<strong><em>really<\/em><\/strong> Linux on Laptop people),<\/p>\n<p>Do you recommend a Turion 64 X2 or an Intel Core 2 Duo in a laptop? <\/p>\n<p>My main aim is to make it run Fedora with all its bells and whistles (and hope it lasts longer than 2 years; the older IBM can&#8217;t do Xen in FC-6).<\/p>\n<p>Are Dell&#8217;s a good buy? Are their three years comprehensive warranty worth buying (much like its a necessity for the Apple stuff)? Is the Inspiron or Latitude the more affordable versions of the Dell? Why can&#8217;t I see Firewire in their specs? Whatever happened to good &#8216;ole PCMCIA slots?<\/p>\n<p>Size isn&#8217;t really a factor, I&#8217;ve become used to lugging 15&#8243; wide screens for a while now, even during travel.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve found funny with the Dell website &#8211; I can&#8217;t untick MS Windows or even MS Works. I apparently need to have them. 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