[geeks] Phenom (was Holy Cow! OpenSolaris on a retail laptop?!?!?!?!)

[nate at portents.com]

>    As a side note, anyone ever monkey with the AMD Phenom 9100e CPUs (4x
>    core at 1.8 GHz)?

Phenoms models which aren't a xx50 series means it's a pre-B3 stepping
(i.e. has the TLB erratum, which is typically worked-around in the BIOS by
disabling the TLB, lowering performance).  I'd recommend avoiding any xx00
Phenoms.  A Phenom 9150e is at least 10% faster than a 9100e because it is
a B3 stepping without the TLB design flaw.

The rest of the specs you list for the price are 'eh'.  (Personally I'd
always rather build a PC with exactly the parts I want, which comes out to
about the same price, but that's me.)

- Nate