Re: [opensuse] Processor Recommendations?
It depends what you need from your laptop. I'm not 100% sure and I'm sure people will have different opinions, but it goes like this, if you want technically bit more power out from your laptop, buy AMD X2, and if you need longer batterylife, buy Intel C2D.
On 09/02/07, John Pierce <john.j35@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello list members!
I have googled, read xen wiki, looked at amd and intel web sites and still cannot come up with a definitive answer. I am, within the next week, going to purchase two laptops and I want to be able to run xen source with full virtualization on at least one of them (my wife still needs win xp).
Here is what I came up with so far, correct me if I am wrong, any of the Turion X2's will support hardware vitualization and any of the core 2 duo's (except 2 specific like T5200 and T5400) will support hardware virtualization.
I have, tried to be anyway, been a supporter of amd where possible since way back in the lawsuit days. What can I say, I like the underdog.
I would prefer the Turions but am will to settle for the core 2s.
Thoughts and Suggestions very welcome.
-- John
Registered Linux User 263680, get counted at http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-- Niko Salonen / Hyuga -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 09 February 2007, Niko Salonen wrote:
It depends what you need from your laptop.
I'm not 100% sure and I'm sure people will have different opinions, but it goes like this, if you want technically bit more power out from your laptop, buy AMD X2, and if you need longer batterylife, buy Intel C2D.
Either of those are good, but the all the reviews I have read say that dollar for dollar Core 2 Duo wins all performance benchmarks hands down. It should, after all Intel more or less stole the design from AMD. Of course, you have to check your watch when you make statements like that, because these things change overnight. Disclaimer: I've purchased both a Core 2 Duo machine and and AMD 64 X2 machine in the last 90 days. They were not the same price range. Most current model Dell Core 2 Duo machines have hardware virtualization support switchable in the bios. Haven't tried Xen, I've been using Vmware for many years. No company should be allowed to offer something named Xen if they also offer something called Zen. Its just wrong on so many levels. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
participants (2)
-
John Andersen -
Niko Salonen