ANy Recommendations on a Good Laptop (PC)

[scubasteve]

Originally Posted by qnoob

well, if u go the Windows route, eventually upgrading to VISTA is inevitable since XP will soon be dropped totally (support-wise) in 2008. Most people had their misgivings when XP first came out so once the 1st Vista service pack, everyone will be gushy how Vista is so awesome and make fun of you for still running XP.

the software people STILL have to come out with Vista-versions of their software / drivers. everything now is geared toward XP and it'll take everyone a bit to roll out drivers / software optimized / that'll take advantage of Vista.

True, but by then Vista should be on its way. I installed the first XP beta, and never went back. Vista i tested from day one and i havent been able to stand it yet.

[MattB]

Originally Posted by Stealth816

Thanks everyone. I have been actually looking the at Dell D620. It will be for personal use. Right now we have an older HP and it weighs like 50lbs (slight lie) but I want to try something different. I also used to have an IBM think pad (Now lenovo?) but the would be a little more than I want to spend right now. For the Dell I was thinking about the Core 2 duo processor but haven't really researched an AMD's I mainly use it for web browsing music and movies. ANyway thanks for your input.

My D620 with Vista Ultimate will be here on Monday. I'll let you know how it is. I order a lot of systems for my agency, so I figured I might as well get vista for myself before I start handing out to all my users when they get new systems. My Dell rep told me that it isnt going to be much longer that I can get XP pro on any new system.

[scubasteve]

Originally Posted by MattB

My Dell rep told me that it isnt going to be much longer that I can get XP pro on any new system.

I would imagine 6 months at the most before they cut off XP. But thats expected, no matter how buggy vista is its MS's new meal ticket and they will want to begin phasing out XP asap

[qnoob]

I wonder how long the Vista upgrade will finally hit corporate america. Here at work, we only just recently did a mass upgrade to XP SP2 (it took us FOREVER to validate and test SP2 with all / most of the misc applications we have running across all our sites).

i think all our users will be on XP SP2 for at least couple years before even thinking of starting the long process of validating to Vista.

[Stealth]

Originally Posted by qnoob

I wonder how long the Vista upgrade will finally hit corporate america. Here at work, we only just recently did a mass upgrade to XP SP2 (it took us FOREVER to validate and test SP2 with all / most of the misc applications we have running across all our sites).

i think all our users will be on XP SP2 for at least couple years before even thinking of starting the long process of validating to Vista.

My Wife works for one of the Big 4 (Accounting Firms) The are susposed to go to Vista this winter.

[gmardre]

Get an Apple.

[MattB]

My D620 actually showed up today, a few days early. I've been playing with it for a couple hours now just trying to get used to Vista. I love the machine itself. The widescreen is great. It puts my D410 to shame.

[qnoob]

Originally Posted by gmardre

Get an Apple.

We call them Macs

[My-Q]

I would suggest a Toshiba for a notebook. My wife and I have one apiece. They have been really good. Mine rattles around in my big green 5 ton truck and works like a charm when I need it to. Unlike HP, our Toshiba's didn't seem to have as much junk on it.

I will say one thing...those big honking wide screen notebooks do get heavy.

[SimpleBinary]

Originally Posted by scubasteve

I would imagine 6 months at the most before they cut off XP. But thats expected, no matter how buggy vista is its MS's new meal ticket and they will want to begin phasing out XP asap

I really can't see them cutting off XP within a year let-alone 6 month....