I have purchased a couple of Dell laptops in the last couple of months with XP, and it is their current line of Vostro machines (not old models still hanging on the shelves). The machines were $1400 and $1650. 2ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 160GB drives, writable DVD, 4 USB ports, wireless, Bluetooth, firewire, couple of small brick power adapters, couple of batteries, matte screens (I really dislike the glossy/glare screens). Nice machines, but if I was buying a real development machine it would have cost $2200 because I want the 1920x1200 resolution. Still reasonable compared to the machines I have purchased in the last few years.
To get XP you have to purchase through the business line. Consumers don't have access to this, which is complete baloney. Each time I buy I make sure to tell the manufacture they need to offer XP to everyone. The best part of the purchase is I can get these machines clean: no virus protection, no firewall/security suite, no office, no crappy sample apps to uninstall, no AOL. They also will partition the primary drive into two drives, which is the first thing I do anyway. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
