again ... I consider buying a new box for work. currently I am still quite happy with my core2duo E6600 with 8 gigs of ram, running ~amd64 ... running fine.
but I remember the huge step back then from the pentium 4 ... Will it be the same when I go for a core i5? I use that box for virtualization as well (vmware and kvm), so maybe it would also help to not only change cpu but also add 2 cores (going quadcore). I just want to hit the sweet spot if that's possible. And I'd like to hear any pros and cons if you would like to share. Thanks, Stefan
