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karohemdAre there any manufacturers who still offer laptops/notebooks with Windows XP?
ETA: I have odd requirements for a laptop:
- reasonably compact: Not widescreen (which is where most fail), and not bigger than 15" (so it fits in my backpack), light, reasonable battery
- Lots of processor crunch and memory so it can deal with huge RAW photos
- Vista takes up too much of the former already so I'd rather have the power available to apps. (and a familiar OS)
ETA: I have odd requirements for a laptop:
- reasonably compact: Not widescreen (which is where most fail), and not bigger than 15" (so it fits in my backpack), light, reasonable battery
- Lots of processor crunch and memory so it can deal with huge RAW photos
- Vista takes up too much of the former already so I'd rather have the power available to apps. (and a familiar OS)
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Date: 8/12/08 10:57 am (UTC)http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?NavigationKey=11105&NavigationKey=46460000&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1
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Date: 8/12/08 11:13 am (UTC)Thanks, though.
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Date: 8/12/08 11:07 am (UTC)zumindest überlege ich gerade, erstere variante auszuprobieren. ich brauche eigentlich kein notebook, aber es wäre nett. unter 300 EUR wäre so meine richtlinie.
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Date: 8/12/08 11:12 am (UTC)Vista braucht selber zu viel Leistung/Speicher, die hätte ich lieber für Anwendungen.
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Date: 8/12/08 11:39 am (UTC)See. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f4b3cfd-7f4e-46cb-8117-8275f7683d3f&DisplayLang=en
or more readably http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-xp/future.aspx
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Date: 8/12/08 11:55 am (UTC)It's what my company did (sort of, XP->NT) for our old machines when NT stopped being supported.
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Date: 8/12/08 11:40 am (UTC)Dabs still have some http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx?NavigationKey=11105&NavigationKey=50220000&NavigationKey=46460000&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1
Beyond that I would say consider a mac, their new macbooks are out and they can have good prices on the previous version. Or suck it up and get used to Vista, its a good OS once you get used to it and if you are using 2md of ram and above.
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Date: 8/12/08 11:58 am (UTC)The main reason I object to Vista is that it's such a processor and memory hog. I'd like my power available to apps, not to run the basics.
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Date: 8/12/08 12:14 pm (UTC)As for Vista mainly its its over ambitious indexing and graphical shell. You can switch those off.
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Date: 8/12/08 02:48 pm (UTC)Now that's really bizarre!
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Date: 9/12/08 08:57 am (UTC)I found it to be really quite fast, and Vista suprisingly nice to use.
I know it's supposed to be a processor-hog, but i'm pretty sure you can turn all the fancy stuff off and make it more streamlined?
Also, i loved all the Acer software it came with. All very easy to use.
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Date: 9/12/08 01:22 pm (UTC)I'd take a look at ebuyer.com, though.
Given your hardware requirements are specific, I'd not worry about the OS as a primary concern, but find a lappy that suits you, then pop a copy of XP on top if it comes with the stain of vista.
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Date: 9/12/08 01:57 pm (UTC)I gave my first laptop to my parents and it finally seems to have died so they offered to buy me a new one if I gave them my current one. Can't say no to that offer. :o)
Thanks for the tips!