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I'm looking into laptops - my 17" screen gigantasaurus is proving to be a bigger pain in my butt and I'm increasingly mobile - working out of the home (hip hip!) and may soon go back to school - which would require more mobility.
Also, Jr. will likely adopt the gigantasaurus.
Anyhoo - I'd love something with about a 14-15# screen, lite, efficient - has fast processing. I can use external memory, but most come with truck loads these days...I can store pics/video elsewhere. This would be more the workhorse.
I'm ok with Dell, hate HP or Compaq. Others I should consider?
Mostly to do office programs - word, excel, pdf, some lite graphics, powerpt etc.
Also - I'm behind on the next gen of processors - they've gotten quite diversified! I don't want the bottom, not sure I need the top - where's the best place to land with that one?
Finally - the vista thing?! I'm on all XP machines now and doing fine - Have a friend who bought a new top of the line w/ Vista for her kid and it is SLOW - is it work-around-able? or should I try to get one of the Dell business rehabs w/ XP? Or consider apple?
For my needs, what is a good price range? I have a month or so to ponder...thanks in advance!
Also, Jr. will likely adopt the gigantasaurus.
Anyhoo - I'd love something with about a 14-15# screen, lite, efficient - has fast processing. I can use external memory, but most come with truck loads these days...I can store pics/video elsewhere. This would be more the workhorse.
I'm ok with Dell, hate HP or Compaq. Others I should consider?
Mostly to do office programs - word, excel, pdf, some lite graphics, powerpt etc.
Also - I'm behind on the next gen of processors - they've gotten quite diversified! I don't want the bottom, not sure I need the top - where's the best place to land with that one?
Finally - the vista thing?! I'm on all XP machines now and doing fine - Have a friend who bought a new top of the line w/ Vista for her kid and it is SLOW - is it work-around-able? or should I try to get one of the Dell business rehabs w/ XP? Or consider apple?
For my needs, what is a good price range? I have a month or so to ponder...thanks in advance!