anyone know of any laptops from reputable brands with at least 1GB Ram and 120GB hard drive with Windows XP SP2 under $1k that you've had your eye on?
want XP because buying for a non-tech savvy person who doesn't want to worry about vista upgrades or compatible issues right now.
hoping that because i want XP, i should be able to get a deal? right? maybe even around 700 bucks? dell, gateway, hp, sony,???
thanks.
jumers
Just go to Dell.com and configure one to your liking until it meets your price. You get what you get with Dell for the money..total custom. The OS won't make a difference in the price though....XP and Vista cost the same....$99 for XP Pro or Vista Business. You can save a little with XP Home though if you don't need to connect to a domain or have your computer act as a remote desktop host.
As the previous author mentioned, in your shoes I would surf over to the Dell web page.
You can order a well-equipped E1505 laptop that's still within your price range. Also, I would go ahead and get WinXP Pro. Yes, you can save a little bit of money up front buying the Home version, but I have run into several situations where people want/need Remote Desktop access while they are stuck with WinXP Home.
Do you HAVE to go windows?
You can find dirt cheap ibooks right now configured to those specs
where at?
frys electronics has been running some killer specials as of late.
also, if you live by a college campus w/ apple store - you can get amazing deals.
go here:
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html
and look up a neighboring school to see specific deals
Yes, by all means, if you want to play, take a look at the macs..great deals now as well...but if it is business stuff you are after, stick with a PC.
what business stuff doesn't run on mac?
Where do I start......Autocad is one I can think of. How about VPN clients for most firewalls..pain in the ass on macs, if you can even get them to work. Plain and simple, if this user has a Microsoft based corporate network at his job, having a mac is not a great idea...but if you want to browse the web, play music and videos, and edit video, the mac is great.
Back in December I bought a new Compaq Presario Dual Core AMD Turion for $800 Canadian. Product number is V6120US. HP (which owns Compaq also has this in an HP version) You can get either Intel based Dual Core or AMD based Dual Core (For processors, Turion is fine, or Athlon)
I had a Toshiba once, never again. I would recommend either Lenovo (a bit more expensive) or Compaq/HP
Most new systems today will come with Vista although you can ask for XP only.
To tell the truth, I normally recommend that people shy away from Compaq/HP home computers.
They are great for a corporate environment, and we utilize several of their servers within our domain. However, their online customer support isn't nearly as robust as Dell's (amongst others), and I have actually had an HP support tech tell me that personally. While you can take a Dell service tag number and easily find drivers for every device in your computer online, there isn't any similar functionality on the HP web page.