No way... HP/Compaq sells the 2.0 for $400 more than the 1.6 Dothan but even that is not worth it. Get the 1.6 or the 1.7 (about $125 higher than the 1.6 if ordering custom) but the 1.8 and 2.0 are not worth the price difference right now. Use the money on a faster hard drive, more video memory, etc.

HP will be introducing a preloaded Linux model soon (announced at the end of July).

If you go to www.X1000forums.com (Compaq X1000/HPZT3000 Pentium M notebooks) you will see an entire Linux area --- Someone there has written 2 custom free Linux versions just for these 2 models --and the 3rd version will be posted soon. This forum is full of people discussing how to get the wi-fi working, etc on a daiy basis. That is a huge selling point for these 2 models if you are interested in loading Linux