On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 11:54:23AM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
I think I'll probably go for a dual-core processor as they seem to have reduced to sensible prices now. What's the current thinking as to which is best value for money between the AMD Dual core processors and the Intel Core 2 Duo ones?
You might want to go Intel as you were talking about VMWare, but if you get an Intel cpu with the right support you should be able to virtualise Windows with Xen. If you care about using Free Software over VMWare then I'd consider going with something that should work with Xen check these 2 links for more information http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT & the Xen FAQ http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenFaq (FWIW I've not run Xen and don't own any of the Intel hardware with VT support so I've not tried it, but if I was going to get new hardware this would be it).
Adam