… but it’d be awful nice to have this one.
My current laptop is a ThinkPad T42, one of the last machines designed by IBM before the laptop line was sold to Lenovo. It’s been a rock-solid, highly reliable performer and it still does almost everything I need.
That said, I’m starting to bump up against its limitations. I use Linux as my primary operating system, with Windows XP running in a virtual machine as needed for school and work. And it’d be really nice to have a dual-core processor with VT support for faster virtualization, especially when I’m compiling programs inside Windows.
But I’m going to be a reasonable, responsible adult and forgo a new laptop… so I can buy a Ruger Redhawk instead 
EDIT: Oooh, a similarly-spec’d T61 for only $50 more. Hmm… Anyone wanna buy a gently-used laptop?
What’s your VM setup there? I am quite interested in virtualizing XP under a primary Linux OS…
I use QEMU with the KQEMU accelerator module. It’s simple to set up and use, and performance is fairly snappy.
I have some tips on improving its performance here.