Vista and Notebooks

[Thequeerone]

To explain to non understanding peps

Option A Laptop does all that I want $699 - with Home operating system - you can't buy this now

Option B Laptop does all that I want $1800 - because of the new operation system Vista -

$1100 difference because of a new operating system - that's a lot of gummy bears / chicken to Daisy /Magners to TLH / 2 new shirts for Jargan

Back to the original question what was wrong with DOS 6.0 ? is Gates INC supporting the catholic church ?

[Sagerian]

I still use XP quite happily on one of my machines (haven't used DOS 6.0 for some time, although it was good for the Monkey Island games), there's nothing out there that I want which requires Vista. I do like my widget things on the right hand side of the screen but that's about it.

XP will still be around for some time yet, but regardless of which one you choose, i'd still be looking at a lappy with a bit of grunt for future expansion. Better to pay a little more now and get something with extra memory and hard disk space. Upgrading these things later for laptops (particularly with HP) is a very expensive process.

[jargan83]

New shirts??

[Seldom]

I agree with Sagerian on this spend more now, saves later. Try and steer away from HP, To upgrade HP cost SHIT loads because only HP components work, GO generic cheaper to up grade and use what you want.
AND NO i'm not a GEEK just i closet one(so my wife reckons!!!).

[Darren]

If you're just a home user who wants it for writing documents, surfing the net, email and touching up photos I'd say go for the cheaper one - it should happily last 2-3 years at which point you give it to one of the kids and then get your self the cheaper one of the day (which will no doubt cost a similar amount as todays cheaper one, and be way more powerful than an expensive one if you bought it today.)

If you need power and huge storage, get yourself a desktop. A budget laptop and a grunty desktop will cost the same as a grunty laptop and and be way more versatile.

[Thequeerone]

Who loves ya Baby - I certainly am beginging to like you a lot - do ya reckon that a $699 Laptop with Vista (512 M Ram, 80 gig HD and the 801 WIFI card) can do all of that - only want it for TWF, emails and an excel spreadsheet without macros

[Darren]

If thats all you want it for, that should work fine. You *might* benefit from more RAM, but I *think* you would be able to add this at a latter date if required - it would be worth checking if it can be expanded (most laptops will have an empty slot where an additional piece of RAM can be added without having to dispose of the existing RAM).

You got a link or know the make/model of the $699 laptop?

[Edit: Just a quick check of Dell - if I were in the market for a budget laptop to do what you said, I'd probably go for the $899 here: http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&l=en&s=dhs, although the $798 would also do the job]

[Thequeerone]

NBK Acer Extensa 5210 Notebook - PLE $799 with a $149 cashback
rang them curtesy of your post - upgrade to 1G Ram $39 upgrade to 2 gig $139 dollars

I think I owe you a pint

[RuckNMaul]

acer cashbacks take months to get my brother in law is still waiting for his and he got his laptop in april

[Darren]

$650 with the cash back on their website - and make sure they give you the free carry bag with it!

http://www.ple.com.au/snapshot.php?inventory_id=29281

A Celeron 1.6GHz CPU ain't the fastest around, but it will do the job. Get the extra RAM later if you need it.

Don't buy Microsoft Office - get a copy of Open Office - fully compatible and FREE.

[frontrow]

Coach, the peopl......actually, he's the geeks geek....

[Jethro]

For anyone thinking of making the move to vista, make sure your existing software works with the flaming mongrel. A lot of people reporting they also needed to upgrade their various applications.

So now that the lappie situation has been resolved, onto linux So who rates ubantu over the rivals?

[Thequeerone]

Many many thanks peps - the deal is done - the assistant in PLE was most impressed as I managed to spit out what I wanted without confusing me RAMS and GIGs - a good little machine - added the 2 gig memory - don't seem to slow yet !

Krusher thanks for the heads up on the cashback - did a bit of investigation and traded it for 2 yrs extended warranty - spicky looking laptop for $948 including carry case - Coach I really owe you a pint

Jethro when I understand how bad Vista is - I will attempt Linux - be prepared

[no.8]

Thank you geeks for your contribution.
We now have a brand new laptop that the non-member in our household is using to watch the Wiggles!
Keep up the work...

[LarryNJ]

Congrats on your new baby! Do you have wi-fi in your house so you're able to keep up to date with TWF from any room?