A question about Vista

Angela Liu · Post by **Angela Liu** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:36 pm

My next comp will be a laptop, for the record. As some already know, I'm being constantly attacked on my laptop, actually 5 times in a month. I had to recover it every time and lose little hardisk space to seperate out the infected sectors. hmmmm I should try and get a laptop with Ultimate, instead of upgrade it afterword. Right now, the only laptops that can run Vista properly (I tried it, brought one, with business installed, and had to return it cuz of poor running conditions) are $1500+ and I really don't want just to spend that much money on a laptop. When price cools down a bit, maybe to below $1200, I'll get one.

Thanks,

Post by **aem** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:24 pm

Angela Liu wrote:QUOTE (Angela Liu @ Jun 26 2007, 03:36 PM) My next comp will be a laptop, for the record. As some already know, I'm being constantly attacked on my laptop, actually 5 times in a month. I had to recover it every time and lose little hardisk space to seperate out the infected sectors. hmmmm I should try and get a laptop with Ultimate, instead of upgrade it afterword. Right now, the only laptops that can run Vista properly (I tried it, brought one, with business installed, and had to return it cuz of poor running conditions) are $1500+ and I really don't want just to spend that much money on a laptop. When price cools down a bit, maybe to below $1200, I'll get one.

Thanks,

Constantly attacked? Do you not use a firewall?

You should be able to find a good Vista laptop under $1200 as long as you aren't hoping for a good gaming machine. Just avoid integrated cards at all costs, make sure you find something dedicated. Also get a half decent processor. As I said I got my laptop for $1100 1.5 years ago and it runs Vista perfectly. As long as you aren't looking for a gaming or intensive work machine I would think you'd be able to find something. Dell has a couple Latitudes for around $1200 or under that should work well for example.

ogorass · Post by **ogorass** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:37 pm

My lappy costed $1300 2 years ago in Poland (same stuff costed $1050 in US), all I had to do to make Vista run perfectly smooth was upgrading to 1GB ram. Specs:
Proc: 1.6 GHz Pentium M (Centrino dedicated)
RAM: 1GB
Gfx: on-board Intel 915GM
Motherboard: Intel 915

Vista runs speedy, I have no problems and disk isn't swapping like mad even when I have memory hogs like Visual Studio 2005, Netbeans, Enterprise Architect and 10 various Office windows open.
But if you wanna get a lappy, do what you intend: wait till the Duo based stuff gets cheaper. I don't exactly think that Si based technology can get much faster in terms of ram processing power, so a decent Duo proc should last a couple of years w/o becoming obsolete... And yeah, look for one with good gfx card.

ImmortalZ · Post by **ImmortalZ** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:34 pm

Might want to spring for one of the new Dells. Specifically the XPS 1330 -

C2D, Santa Rosa platform, 8400GS graphics. USD1300 or so.

Jaeden · Post by **Jaeden** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:52 am

I have the Dell XPS 410. Vista Home Premium, 8600 GTS. alleg runs just fine. if yo uhave any worries, install the gaming update for Vista, and on the ASGS and the alleg program in the folder right click, go to Properties, then Compatiblity. Check the box for XP SP2. You'll have no problem running Alleg at all then.