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it arrived at the parent's place today. It's a toshiba. Mum read of "teeraa8c2d1.661G80DVD" blah de blah, so having filtered through mum-speak I'm pretty sure it's this one. 1.66Ghz, 1G memory, 80G hard drive. She mumbled some junk about the DVD player but presumably it will write DVDs which is a MAJOR plus.

Verdict: My current baby, Nita, is 1.69Ghz, 512, 40G. So basically everything's doubled except processor speed (that is processor speed, right, GHz?) I have no idea if I'm even going to notice the difference, to be honest. *shrug* Anyone got any experience with toshiba? Good stuff? Bad stuff? what am I going to call something to go with Kit-the-external and Dairine-the-pod? Nita 2.0 is always a plan, of course. Or - ooh - Ponch.

ETA: oh yeah, and the OS is Vista Business (or that's what my mama said anyway) and I'm thinking quite seriously about installing ubuntu. Maybe a... dual boot? is that what it's called when you can pick which one you want to open up with? Yeah, well anyway. What can ubuntu do and is it hard? I have a pal who runs it and I might have a flick at that.

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It's probably a dual-core. Most laptops don't ship with an Intel solo. If it has 1gb of RAM and VISTA, I bet it's a 1.66ghz dual core -- probably the T2050. You should definitely check and see (there will be a sticker on the laptop somewhere saying "Core Duo inside"

It'd be a shame if the laptop were a Solo or an older model, because 1.6ghz by itself is too slow IMHO.

I was guessing that "teeraa8c2d1.66" translated to tecra A8 dual-core 1.66 Ghz. I would be really surprised if it was single core since insurance has to buy it new and there just isn't much on the market that's single core.

I checked the website and pretty sure it's T2300, although websites aren't always 100% up to date.