>>I couldn't get over those annoying parts... Those "Are you sure you want to do this?" at every second mouse click drove me crazy.
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>>Cecil, find a way to try Vista before buying. I know many people who just couldn't get over the annoying new "features". Others can ignore them.
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>>Vlad
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>>>>I have recently received some ads via email about a DELL Laptop called VOSTRO 1000; it seems like a good deal for $399, with 1 GB RAM, 120 GB of hard disk space. Has anyone else seen these ads? What do you think?
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>>>>Are DELL's laptops any good any more? I own an HP Laptop and I like it but it seems way too slow for me.
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>>>>You can choose either Windows XP or Vista. Which O/S would you think is best? I've heard so much bad about Vista, that it is slow when coppying files. Is this true?
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>>>Vista is pretty nice once you get over the differences and ignore some of the seriously annoying parts. It actually is fast and convenient for most tasks.
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>>>I haven't looked at the laptop specs, but buying a new laptop I'd think real hard about something with low memory and a small HD. If they offer reasonable upgrades to 2GIG and a bigger HD it might be worth it. Vista isn't worth squat at 1GIG IMHO.
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>>>I've been using Dell Inspiron laptops for the last 5 years and we recommend them (DELL (the company) and the Inspirons) highly.
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>again, you can turn off that behavior. Vista Rocks!!
Not to me. It STINKS!
Peter
Peter Cortiel