LAPTOP??

[Globe Trekker 0]

The ONLY brand to consider is H.P., and that's that. My wife and I have a H.P. 17 in. laptop with Windows Vista, brand new, & it is awsome. Anything less is a waste of $.

[PlatyPius 5]

Ok, I just "built" you a laptop at Dell.

Inspiron 1501

Starting Price $1,332

Instant Savings $40

Subtotal $1,292

My Components

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-55

Genuine Windows® XP Professional

Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)

2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM

Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (Integrated)

Integrated Audio

85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

Dell 1505 Wireless-N

My Software & Accessories

No Subscription (30-day trial)

Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD

My Service

DellCare Value

DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle

6 Months America Online Internet Access Included

Also Includes

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1

Windows XP™

Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

No Entertainment software pre-installed

I included their "service pack" thingie in that.... Me, I'd never buy it. Subtract something like $200-$250 for ditching the service agreement and it ain't bad.

Here's the link so you can start building your own (Note the "XP" option....):

http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...;l=en&s=dhs

[yogib37 3]

Generally the more RAM the faster a program will execute.

RAM 128 to 256MB

Home and business users manage personal finances

using standard application software such as Word processing

using educational or entertainment CD-ROMs

communicating with others on the web

RAM 256 to 1GB

users require more advanced multi-media capabilities

running number intensive accouting, financial, or spreadsheet applications

using voice recognition

working with videos, music, and digital imaging

creating websites

participating in video conferenceing

playing internet games

RAM 1GB and up

Power users creating professional websites

Running sophisticated CAD, 3D design, or other graphic intensive software.

Wow.....that's REALLY old.

The last CAD system I worked on had 8GB of DDR2 memory......

XP won't run (well) on anything less than 512MB. 128MB might be acceptable if you're using an old AMD K6/500 with Windows 98.......

Also if you want to get a XP laptop you just may have to wipe out the Hard drive and install XP yourself on it. They wont sell new computer now with XP on it.

Only VISTA

Yes they will. You have to order it, though. (Primarily Dell, maybe HP)

If they do they will charge very high price for it and I do belive it is only for a busness they will do that..

Better to get a OME version and just get a Mouse or some cheap hardware. Can't buy it alone by the license agreement has to have a peice of hardware to be sold with it.

[PlatyPius 5]

Generally the more RAM the faster a program will execute.

RAM 128 to 256MB

Home and business users manage personal finances

using standard application software such as Word processing

using educational or entertainment CD-ROMs

communicating with others on the web

RAM 256 to 1GB

users require more advanced multi-media capabilities

running number intensive accouting, financial, or spreadsheet applications

using voice recognition

working with videos, music, and digital imaging

creating websites

participating in video conferenceing

playing internet games

RAM 1GB and up

Power users creating professional websites

Running sophisticated CAD, 3D design, or other graphic intensive software.

Wow.....that's REALLY old.

The last CAD system I worked on had 8GB of DDR2 memory......

XP won't run (well) on anything less than 512MB. 128MB might be acceptable if you're using an old AMD K6/500 with Windows 98.......

Also if you want to get a XP laptop you just may have to wipe out the Hard drive and install XP yourself on it. They wont sell new computer now with XP on it.

Only VISTA

Yes they will. You have to order it, though. (Primarily Dell, maybe HP)

If they do they will charge very high price for it and I do belive it is only for a busness they will do that..

Better to get a OME version and just get a Mouse or some cheap hardware. Can't buy it alone by the license agreement has to have a peice of hardware to be sold with it.

See above. That Dell was "built" using the "Home/Home Office" section of the Dell web site. It cost more because I speced "XP Professional" rather than "XP Home".

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I bought a fairly basic Sony VAIO a little while back and thus far I am quite happy with it.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I like MAC's for Final Cut Pro but I don't like it when I get the Whirling Rainbow of death. MAC users know what I mean. lol

Macs RULE.

[wishbone 0]

I have Dell Latitude D600 and it's enough for me.

Most things people looking for are the memory, video card, Hard disk capacity, cpu speed and few more. Better check first those things. And go for designed for XP.