New laptop?

[Jiggles]

Intel Core 2 Duo is what you want. 2GB Ram min. 100+ GB HDD.

[501damian501]

any dual core computer can be just as fast, as an dual core duo.

[djsteve10]

any dual core computer can be just as fast, as an dual core duo.

Don't you mean a Dual Core Processor?

[Jiggles]

Dual Core is the older version of the Dual processors. Core 2 Duo is the newer models.

[nigelwright7557]

You def need 2gb RAM.
My Vista PC was much faster with the extra memory.

[Jiggles]

Having 2GB of ram at poor speeds is worse than 1GB at good speeds. (ram Clock speeds)

[nigelwright7557]

Having 2GB of ram at poor speeds is worse than 1GB at good speeds. (ram Clock speeds)

Not if the PC is having to swap out programs/data to a hard disk !

[Jiggles]

Then is a lose lose situation.