Re: Intel Duo processor questions?
From a practical standpoint, a system with an Intel Core Duo is a dual-processor PC.
The main benefit is that if one processor is tied up with something intensive (importing to PT for example) then the second is still available to respond to user input.
So even though most consumer applications are not (yet) multi-threaded to make intensive CPU processing (much) faster on a dual-processor machine, you will definitely perceive the system as being more "responsive" to your input, especially doing things that would make a single-processor system "sluggish."
IMO there really isn't a reason, other than a severe lack of $, to not get a dual-core laptop if you are in the market today.
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