I use a HP Pavillion and it is adequate but not stunning. Just fighting through with a weak on board video card problem. It won't run a piece of software my daughter wants desperately. Time for a dedicated video card I guess.
Did you go for for Home Premium? On 8/14/07, Stephen Meskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks John and others. I have decided to get the HP Pavilion despite > Tom's trashing because that was 4 years ago. > Dell couldn't come close to the price. I'll give you a report on it as > I get into it. > I got a blue-tooth mouse for it because the mouse pad was a little flaky. > Steve > > John Duncan Yoyo wrote: > > I've heard that the Basic is too basic and leaves lots of things off > > and Vista HP is about the sweet spot with Ultimate being not worth the > > expense. Here is a link for a site comparing the flavors. > > > > <http://techgage.com/article/windows_vista_version_comparison/> > > > > Including > > Home Basic vs. Home Premium > > * No Aero interface, including transparency in many parts of the GUI > > * No Media Center > > * Five included Windows games, instead of nine > > * No automatic network backup > > * No relationship between PC and Xbox 360 > > * No advanced slideshows > > * No Movie Maker / DVD Maker > > * Weak Tablet PC functionality > > * No SideShow Support > > > > > > > > On 8/13/07, Stephen Meskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The HP has VHPremium and the Dell VHBasic. What is the difference? > >> Steve > >> > >> > >> ************************************************************************ > >> * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > >> * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > >> * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > >> * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > >> * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > >> * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > >> * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ************************************************************************ > >> * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > >> * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > >> * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > >> ************************************************************************ > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
