Quote - Thanks for the info, InverseSpline.  My son insists that AMD processors are superior, but I remain  unconvinced. I believe I'm going to stick with Intel and get the best dual core processor I can afford.  That Quad core sounds impressive. :-)

AMD CPUs were generally faster, but the new Intel Microarchitecture has changed that. You can find more info and links to benchmarks here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2

The quad-core is planned to ship Q4 this year.