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Originally Posted by greenberetTFS
NousDefionsDoc,
Take a walk on the "wild side" and get an Apple laptop,I promise you'll never regret it..... GB TFS
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I am going to say something that galls me,,
"buy apple"
MS Vista is a fiasco and should have never come to market,, Ver 8 looks to be an incremental version of Vista.
My personal opinion, You do not want Vista. My kids work for Northrop-Grumman and Accenture. They have been told no cooperate nor customers systems will use Vista. It is not stable for work use.
If you must have a new system with MS, buy one with Win XP Pro, best release they ever had.
If you purchase via Dell business or IBM-Lenovo, you can get system loaded with XP Pro.
As far as who's machine?? I pretty sure about 80% of all laptops are made by Lenovo. Just make sure it the business level not consumer level. Costs more, but that costs gets you better component quality. I also think Lenovo built Apple...
I purchased a new laptop from the Lenovo factory warehouse on eBay last Fall. It's was labeled "refurbished", but came with a 100% 1yr warranty. It's now 6 months old and screams..
I retired with 30 at IBM as a System Designer.
My 1st desk top was an IBM 1130 in 1973, 4k mem, APL/RPG, wt 1400 lbs..
My 1st laptop was an IBM 5100 in 1976, cpu = PALM, 16KB NMOS RAM , wt 28lbs, Basic/APL
I worked in Boca Raton from 1967-1997. I was part of the PC crowd from start to finish,, nuff said??
My current home brew: Intel 840D @ 3,4GHZ, P5WD2, 2GB PC6400, XP Pro.
And my new ThinkPad T61, 6465-9UU, T8300, 2.4GHz, 3gb ram, XP Pro, travel wt 6lbs
As far as options???
- Hard drive,, they are currently selling 100-500 GB drives,, I have a 100 GB on my laptop, with ALL my digital pictures, 35,000,, I only use about 30GB, this use to be a problem, but now they sell to much, remember,, big anything means shorter battery time and life.
- CPU,, all business systems will have a moderately fast CPU, again faster means battery usage.
- Memory,, 1GB is fine, 2GB and you will never run out,, 3GB+++ ?????
- Display,, I like the 15.4 inch 9-13 ratio for FOG eyes, But you may want smaller for portability, again smaller less battery,, but you may need to squint. Small display also means smaller keyboard..
- DVD-CD player,, don't let them talk you into so LaLaPolussa multi-media machine with all the bells and whistles. If you want a home theater,, buy one and install it in the basement...
If you had to read any of this twice,, by Apple...
It's not worth the effort to become a geek,, unless your are in the business.
You deserve a tool that provides stability and good warranty.
A PC is a tool,, NOT a career..
Good Luck,,
My $00.0002