hi ed,
This is kind of embarrasing, and [ot] - I should have trusted my instincts rather than the web...(but which bit?) DON'T buy a Pentium M if you want to run PD under Linux (As I do). If you want a Pentium III (3) you can get one cheaper, but Pentium M under Linux is Pentium 3.
well, all centrino machines are pentium 3 based. i really don't see the problem, with this machine. my 1.86 pentium-m is about as fast as a p3 3ghz. since pd is single-threaded, it wouldn't profit from hyper-threading, but that would even limit pd's performance. imho, the pentium-m is the best platform to run pd on, at the moment...
but, if you post your problems, maybe we can get it running ...
cheers ... tim