Hi all,

I have a question. What kind of laptop should I get? Also, should I
get one with Vista or Xp?

depends on how much you have to spend and I would recommend xp over vista.

"babygirl" <PortiaPrincess******.com> wrote in message
news:5854d15b-3483-4d65-81f9-815db15fdc5f@r37g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question. What kind of laptop should I get? Also, should I
> get one with Vista or Xp?

You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what kind
of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from bicycle
to starship). Also, your choice of XP or Vista is pretty much gone. As
of 6/30 (and in fact, for most purposes, as of a date that has already
passed) all new laptops will come with Vista and XP won't be directly
available (there is a awkward, complex and difficult way around that for
some laptops that have Vista Business or Vista Ultimate).

babygirl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question. What kind of laptop should I get? Also, should I
> get one with Vista or Xp?
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In news:6d7f$4863ebd8$23947@news.teranews.com,
Barry Watzman typed on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:19:43 -0400:
> You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what
> kind of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from
> bicycle to starship)...

A starship? I'll take one of those! I don't even care if the warp drive
works or not. :-)

Speaking about what kind of laptops... I just ordered one of those
little Asus EEE PCs. I am hoping it will replace my 9 year old Palm
IIIc. It should, the CPU is like 40 times faster than my Palm's
Dragonball EZ 20MHZ CPU. LOL

--
Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/1GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (60GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)

BillW50 wrote:
> In news:6d7f$4863ebd8$23947@news.teranews.com,
> Barry Watzman typed on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:19:43 -0400:
>> You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what
>> kind of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from
>> bicycle to starship)...
>
> A starship? I'll take one of those! I don't even care if the warp drive
> works or not. :-)
>
> Speaking about what kind of laptops... I just ordered one of those
> little Asus EEE PCs. I am hoping it will replace my 9 year old Palm
> IIIc. It should, the CPU is like 40 times faster than my Palm's
> Dragonball EZ 20MHZ CPU. LOL
>

You "upgrade" from a ten-year-old Palm IIIc with no connectivity to an
EEPC is like upgrading from a rusty little red wagon to an F16 aircraft!

Q

babygirl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question. What kind of laptop should I get? Also, should I
> get one with Vista or Xp?

You could also get a Mac
Or a Linux


Seriously, it depends on what you want to do:
Play games (you would need one with a good video card and high speed -
which adds to the price and battery drain. Not necessary if you are not
interested in games).

Carry it around with you - you would want something not too heavy. But
even that is a matter of opinion. Fed up with carrying a 2.7 kg Toshiba
around with me all day, I bought an eee-PC. It's fine for checking
emails and basic surfing. But its keyboard is too small for doing real
work, especially if you touch type. As someone suggested, an excellent
replacement for a Blackberry - unless you only have a small handbag.

Not to mention, price

Etc etc.

There are so many variables! Perhaps that's why there are so many
different laptops.

BillW50 wrote:
> In news:6d7f$4863ebd8$23947@news.teranews.com,
> Barry Watzman typed on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:19:43 -0400:
>> You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what
>> kind of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from
>> bicycle to starship)...
>
> A starship? I'll take one of those! I don't even care if the warp drive
> works or not. :-)
>
> Speaking about what kind of laptops... I just ordered one of those
> little Asus EEE PCs. I am hoping it will replace my 9 year old Palm
> IIIc. It should, the CPU is like 40 times faster than my Palm's
> Dragonball EZ 20MHZ CPU. LOL
>

You "upgrade" from a ten-year-old Palm IIIc with no connectivity to an
EEPC is like upgrading from a rusty little red wagon to an F16 aircraft!

Q

In news:Ysqdne8Jw582DPjVnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@comcast.com,
Quaoar typed on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:19:33 -0600:
> BillW50 wrote:
>> In news:6d7f$4863ebd8$23947@news.teranews.com,
>> Barry Watzman typed on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:19:43 -0400:
>>> You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what
>>> kind of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from
>>> bicycle to starship)...
>>
>> A starship? I'll take one of those! I don't even care if the warp
>> drive works or not. :-)
>>
>> Speaking about what kind of laptops... I just ordered one of those
>> little Asus EEE PCs. I am hoping it will replace my 9 year old Palm
>> IIIc. It should, the CPU is like 40 times faster than my Palm's
>> Dragonball EZ 20MHZ CPU. LOL
>>
>
> You "upgrade" from a ten-year-old Palm IIIc with no connectivity to an
> EEPC is like upgrading from a rusty little red wagon to an F16
> aircraft!

ROTFL! Actually I do have connectivity with the Palm IIIc through a
Kyocera QCP3035 (cell phone). Both fits into a wallet made by Kyocera.
You can't receive phone calls though while the Palm is using it. The
Palm automatically communicates with the Kyocera through a short cable,
so the phone only needs to be on and that is all.

--
Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/1GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (60GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)

In news:Ysqdne8Jw582DPjVnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@comcast.com,
Quaoar typed on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:19:33 -0600:
> BillW50 wrote:
>> In news:6d7f$4863ebd8$23947@news.teranews.com,
>> Barry Watzman typed on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:19:43 -0400:
>>> You need to narrow the question ... a lot. It's like asking "what
>>> kind of transportation vehicle should I get" (which could range from
>>> bicycle to starship)...
>>
>> A starship? I'll take one of those! I don't even care if the warp
>> drive works or not. :-)
>>
>> Speaking about what kind of laptops... I just ordered one of those
>> little Asus EEE PCs. I am hoping it will replace my 9 year old Palm
>> IIIc. It should, the CPU is like 40 times faster than my Palm's
>> Dragonball EZ 20MHZ CPU. LOL
>>
>
> You "upgrade" from a ten-year-old Palm IIIc with no connectivity to an
> EEPC is like upgrading from a rusty little red wagon to an F16
> aircraft!

ROTFL! Actually I do have connectivity with the Palm IIIc through a
Kyocera QCP3035 (cell phone). Both fits into a wallet made by Kyocera.
You can't receive phone calls though while the Palm is using it. The
Palm automatically communicates with the Kyocera through a short cable,
so the phone only needs to be on and that is all.

--
Bill
Gateway Celeron M 370 (1.5GHZ)
MX6124 (laptop) w/1GB
Windows XP Home SP2 (60GB HD)
Intel(r) 910GML (64MB shared)