I7 or i5

[jhones99]

will future application developers add multi - processor support to applications

should a buy a slow quad core or fast dual core

i use laptop mainly for running virtual machines like vmware

 

[o1die]

It depends on your budget. Socket 1366 is the best, but Frys had an old 9650 socket 775 with board for $249 a few days ago, a great buy.