dell has one more with xp. i recently got dell vostro 1600 with xp home loaded.
On 1/7/09, ruchir falodiya <ruchir.falod...@gmail.com> wrote: > greetings accessindians! > > i'd like to share this small story of buying a laptop with you all so > that, any1 of you who is going to buy a desktop or a laptop can keep > few points in mind before making final decisions > > > recently, my dad needed to buy a laptop ( because i've taken his intel > centrino for my use so he felt pretty lonely without his laptop ) > > i wished to go with him and shop my self, but my studies and exams > wont let me do that. > > first, despite he being in delhi, i sent him all the way to indore to > buy it, because the venders there are in close contact with me. > note: always check back with 4/5 venders before reaching to any conclusion. > > this vender was a very good friend of mine, so i told him what my dad > or, i, in future needs from the new box i want to pick. > > strangely, i've came to know, that the manufacturers, in hope to > promote windows vista, has disabled IDE( integrated digital > electronics ) port for accessing hard drive. > > sadly, windows xp uses this port and vista uses something else ( which > i cant recall now) > > i've found this problam with hp, soni, compaq, and honestly, i'm > pretty sad to see this microsoft's monopoly to promote an operating > system, which is not as good as xp. > > at last, i've found with his help, that dell vostro's 1 model still > have its bios unmodified. > > > although being my friend, i double checked on internet about whatever > he is saying is true or not( always remember to double check venders > words on internet!) > > he was right, so we ended up buying a dell vostro 1510. > > i extended the provided ram from 2 to 3 gb for better performance, and > after that, it costed me around rs. 43000 > > the specifications are as follows. > > intel cor 2 duo > 2.0ghz > 250 sata hdd at 7000 rpm's > combo DVD player > > firewire port for connecting the laptop to other displays ( projectors > for example) > bluetuth 2.0 > lan, and wireless. > > the display is somewhere around 15 inches and it ways around 2.78 kg's > > i'm not sure about many of its exact specifications because dell have > various flavers of vostro. > > by the way, vostro is the corporate range of laptops from dell, which > strictly aims at better performance. > it have black appearance and the external looks arn't that attractive > as far as i can tell. > but internal processing speed and other things seems pretty good > > so if you are searching for a fast, good performing, stable laptop > under rs. 50000, this could be of a look. > > with regards, > > ruchir. > > > -- > As long as forever, > I will stay by your side, > I'll be your companion, > Your friend and your guide!!! > > www.ruchir89.wordpress.com > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
