diff --git a/LDP/howto/docbook/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO.xml b/LDP/howto/docbook/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO.xml
index 24a12725..3d507618 100644
--- a/LDP/howto/docbook/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO.xml
+++ b/LDP/howto/docbook/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO.xml
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ helps a lot (assuming your PC or notebook has an eSATA connector).</para>
 <sect2 id="processor"><title>How To Pick Your Processor</title>
 
 <para>Right now (early 2010), the chips to consider for running Unix are
-the the 64-bit AMD Opteron or its Intel equivalents, especially the Core 2
+the 64-bit AMD Opteron or its Intel equivalents, especially the Core 2
 Duo.  We're long past the point at which 32-bit chips are interesting for
 new desktop systems, presuming you could even find one. AMD and Intel built
 up a buffer before switching their fabs fully to 64-bit chips in 2006, and
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ one.</para>
 
 <para>You can't buy a really bad sound card any more. Even low-end
 sound cards or the sound chips embedded in a lot of PC motherboards 
-these days support support all these features:</para>
+these days support all these features:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
 <listitem><para>16-bit sampling (for 65536 dynamic levels rather