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[theolodian]

There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!

As long as it doesn't come with OS X - that has taken one hell of a hiding on the CERT lists this week, like about 20 critical and medium security flaws announced this week (as opposed to 1 for all Windows platforms)

The beauty of a Mac isn't OSX, it's the built in support for multi-boot including XP.

And you will notice that I didn't bring up macs . . .  

Probably, like all "my mac is so secure" peeps, keeping a low profile this week

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB07-323.html

I don't really care how secure it is, I don't do the risky stuff.  99% of my problems are with the OS, and if something happens on a Mac while I'm in a rush I can simply reboot to another OS, do what I need to do, and sort the problem out later.  It's like having several redundant computers, without having to pay for them - or carry them around in the case of a laptop.

If I could buy a Dell 13" laptop and it was already set up to install/boot XP, Vista and Linux then that would be fine.

[lee4206]

Thanks for the response all.   I would like to get  a dual core but im looking for something with a long battery life and at upto 3 hours the acer seems to be best but i am dubious as i dont know of many laptops that last over 1 1/2 hours  any thoughts on this???

[TheBoy]

I'm looking at replacing my trusty old Tosh, which is looking poorly now  


This looks tempting - real Core 2 Duo by looks of things, and £389...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133698/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended

Shame about the make

[cem_devecioglu]

I'm looking at replacing my trusty old Tosh, which is looking poorly now  


This looks tempting - real Core 2 Duo by looks of things, and £389...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133698/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended

Shame about the make

looking in the configuration its Ok..Only vga card is weak..for sysadmins its adequate I think..

[TheBoy]

I'm looking at replacing my trusty old Tosh, which is looking poorly now  


This looks tempting - real Core 2 Duo by looks of things, and £389...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133698/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended

Shame about the make

looking in the configuration its Ok..Only vga card is weak..for sysadmins its adequate I think..

Pretty much all laptops use integrated chipset graphics, certainly at this end of the market. GMA X3100 is not bad for integrated - better than GMA 950 which most come with.  If you're gonna play games, its next to useless though...

[TheBoy]

My works laptop is an HP nc6400 (1.7 Core Duo, 1G ram, 80Gb HDD), that would be more than enough for my needs, so 1.6 Core 2 Duo should be more than enough...

[cem_devecioglu]

I'm looking at replacing my trusty old Tosh, which is looking poorly now  


This looks tempting - real Core 2 Duo by looks of things, and £389...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133698/show_product_specifications?spectype=extended

Shame about the make

looking in the configuration its Ok..Only vga card is weak..for sysadmins its adequate I think..

Pretty much all laptops use integrated chipset graphics, certainly at this end of the market. GMA X3100 is not bad for integrated - better than GMA 950 which most come with.  If you're gonna play games, its next to useless though...

yep..but I dont think you will prefer to play a game with laptop, sure you will prefer a PC ..I myself very rare I use laptops..Keyboard is small for my hands..For me big hands big PC