Well i got the latest (in india) Acer Aspire 5002 with AMD Turion ML-30 processor. It rocks i also have a toshiba 1.8ghz centrino , when i compare i think AMD is a monster. though laptop comes with 256MB ram i doubled it. only draback is itz 400FSB :( ... there are some wonderful machines in international market ( i mean USofA) like HP nx6125 turion 2 ghz ... but as usual asian countries get the let over. so i think this HP machine will come in india in next 6month ( or later) abt acer also has good machine in UK and US . not in India :( i think these chaps are least bothered ( damn pissing) Abt Linux for Turion, i tried Fedora core 4 and Ubuntu( modified to my requirements ) and both are equally good. and much faster then windows for sure. and plus point Turion processor doesnot have heat problem ... anymore raj