Laptop suggestions
eevilcat:
I don't think you're getting a lot of choice on the OS front from Dell. They briefly went back to selling systems with XP but it now looks like the only choice is Vista. You might try phoning them, it's amazing what salesmen can pull out of the hat under pressure.
The nVidia card is a good choice. Hubbie recently bought a similar spec laptop and chose nVidia as it had faster DDR3 RAM than the alternative ATI X1300(DDR2) which is getting a bit long in the tooth. I think the only downside to his system was the 2Gb limit on memory. His previous laptop was also a Dell as is mine and I'll happily recommend them. I'm keeping a casual eye on their systems as I plan to replace mine next year if I can get what I want for the right price.
burnished_dragon:
well I did the chat thing with sale on line and his answers was vista only, funny last Friday I checked both the US and CDN site XP was offered on the US - not today. I would go for 4 gigs of ram but then I'm adding 600 bucks way over my budget this is pushing once I add the taxes. I have until Thursday to make up my mind, unless they have a better sale later, but do want this for a trip in beg of Aug- not sure on the ship time
Thanks for the answers any more suggestions are welcome
Gwill:
No point in going for 4GB ram if you get XP. A 32bit operating system can't use that much.
eevilcat:
Memory is much cheaper and easy to upgrade yourself later so 2Gb will be fine for now, the upgrade will be affordable in 1-2 years time when you might actually want/need it.
burnished_dragon:
Forgive if I seem "blonde" for a moment but I thought you couldn't upgrade laptops once purchased. But if I can add ram that would be a good thing. I've only had desktops since 1989 and this is the first time I am actually looking at getting one (birthday give from hubby) but I want to make sure it will run The Sims 2 and hopefully The Sims 3
Thanks to everyone who is giving advice it is much appreciated.
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