All I really do is surf the net, use autocad, and watch movies on it. I want a good size screen for Cad and everyso often I decide I want to play a game (mostly flight simulator) looking to spend a grand or less. Been looking at the Dell outlet online and see a couple I like but they all have Vista... Help me out guys!

 

dell is def the way to go. If you call them they can load it with XP but they charge you extra because you still have to buy the vista license. I haven't ran autocad in awhile so I don't know what the sys requirements are to get it to run decent.

I can also mail you a disk if you get vista.

 

I'm a mac man myself but if i were to buy another PC laptop it would be a Toshiba with 17''screen..oh and as far as vista just wait and windows 7 is out next Thursday..oh and on a PC go AMD on the processor not intel...






once you go mac you never go back!!!!

 

i can send a disk for that too

 

hp has a few sales on right now
I don`t like amd and the wifes last 2 laptops which have died have been amd
I`ll stick with reliable intel

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If your configuring one on dell , try to use a cooperate discount

dell.com/XXXXXX

 

my wifes mac is aswome but smarty isnt compatable but i really like my dell it has vista but the windows7 upgrade and for a reasonable price. mac looking at 1700 for a nice set up

 

Check out Bens Bargains, they find good deals on all kinds of good stuff, like the 17" HP 320GB drive, 3GB memory for $519 at Staples.

HP, Dell and Toshiba laptops have worked well for me. Another good thing is you can get a laptop setup to run Vista, buy a $99 copy of XP and install that since XP takes a lot less memory to run, you'll have a supercomputer. Or you can upgrade to windows7, which I know nothing about, I don't know if it works well or not.

 

I got my Dell from Best Buy for $599 last yr. Intel Core 2 Duo, 3 gigs ram, Vista, I believe its a 200gig HD. Been working good for me with no issues.


Luke

 

I always had good luck with HP . Ordered my last one off of e-bay .