DesktopVSNotebook-in-Gnome Intel Pentium Dual T2390 testing with a Sony VAIO under LinuxMint 12 via the Phoronix Test Suite. desktop: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.21GHz (1 Core), Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E, Chipset: AMD K8, Memory: 1536MB, Disk: 80GB SAMSUNG SP0802N + 123GB Maxtor 6Y120L0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB (500/1000MHz), Audio: NVIDIA CK804 AC 97 Audio OS: LinuxMint 12, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 DesktopVSNotebook: Processor: Intel Pentium Dual T2390 @ 1.87GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Sony VAIO, Chipset: Intel Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 + ICH8M, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 200GB Seagate ST9200827AS, Graphics: Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 IGP (primary), Audio: Realtek ALC262 OS: LinuxMint 12, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x800 LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better desktop ........... 38.94 |==================================================== DesktopVSNotebook . 38.61 |==================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better desktop ........... 13.57 |============================================= DesktopVSNotebook . 15.75 |==================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better desktop ........... 25.08 |================================================ DesktopVSNotebook . 27.31 |==================================================== WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better desktop ........... 22.55 |==================================================== DesktopVSNotebook . 22.65 |====================================================