Buying New Laptop Help

[Vyx]

I'm looking into buying a new laptop for my parents. I've been looking around, watching the sales and stuff. Today I saw this one in the local Office Max ad. I just have a few questions:

1. What is the difference between Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors. So far the only thing I've been able to discern is difference in clock speed and a larger L2 cache for the core 2 duo. Are these the only differences and do they make that big of a difference? Also, how does the pentium dual core compare to these?

2. Would it be adviseable to wait until after april or thereabouts when intel is supposed to drop the prices on processors, or does that only apply to desktop processors?

3. I've been around long enough to see these threads pop up all the time but, has anyone seen any better deal while browsing around that they would like to share?

Thanks

[Vyx]

bump^^

[RayH]

Prices drop all the time.