Does this look a good deal?

melbury

As previously mentioned, looking for a decent laptop for son but wasn't too sure about the Vista Basic. This seems to be quite a reasonable one for the money.
Any feedback would be appreciated by some of you techies out there because I haven't really got a clue! Thanks.



http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0628429978.1179947100@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccdjaddkmlefiekcflgceggdhhmdgmi.0&category_oid=-27751&sku=952063&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null

albertross_2

It's out of stock, Dells are better value:

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_inspiron_6400.html

Intel Pentium Dual-Core T2080 1.73GHz 1024MB 80GB 8x DVD Writer 15.4" WXGA Intel® Media Accelerator 950 Vista™ Home Premium £439 N05646 CLICK HERE

wotnoshoeseh

Try dabs.com for a laptop. They're usually quite a bit cheaper, or even Dell. I think I'd probably go for a dedicated graphics card also.

melbury

Still can't decide whether to go for Vista or stick to XP - some people seem to have issues with Vista and I don't know enough about computers to be able to fix things that don't work straightaway. Also it seems strange that Dell are still giving the option of both. Can you load existing programs that you already have like Office onto Vista?

albertross_2

http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List

If you have any equipment like printers/webcams, just check to see if vista drivers are available.