Im Going To Buy A New Lap Top Whos The Tops Drivers

This is the part I do not like about buying anything Electronic is the getting home and setting it up.

 

You might check into the Acer brand of computer. They use most of the same internal components as the big name makers, so are just as reliable. You'll find the company offers a lower price to compensate for a less famous name, but if you compare $ to $ an Acer to a 'Big Name' you'll find the Acer is a MUCH better deal.
It's a bit late to respond to the original post, but I figured to drop my 2cents for anybody w/the same question.

 

I will be shopping soon in a bit. I am thinking more about durability issues.

 

If I had to get a new laptop today, I would choose a Panasonic Toughbook.

 

I got a toshiba $950 after rebate. Love it. It has the 17 inch monitor. Graphics on movies could be a bit better but it's okay. Just a tip for you guys buying them. Mine has 1 gig of ram and if your has vista you may want to upgrade with another gig. Vista use ALOT of ram and slow things down. I almst loaded xp but decided to stay with vista.
Tshiba has had an issue with going blue screen. Mine did this twice when I first go tit but after I uninstalled all the JUNK that was loaded on it I have not had one problem. Personally I think it was that google toolbar thing.

 

Kc glad to hear your back on. I run a 17 in gateway,windows xp, my neighbor has the new vista in his,might have mine upgraded soon. take care.

 

Here is the Acer I want....Cheapest I could find it was around 2500$ lol

http://www.acer-euro.com/ferrari-line/ferrari5000/ferrari-design.html

 

Last month my Dell Inspiron of six years died on me. It was a good machine and did its part well.

I went and got a Toshiba. It kept giving me the blue screen of death. I was told it might be compatibility issues with the new Windows Vista. I took it back anyway and got a Sony Vaio. I'm happy with the Sony but Vista can go you know where.

Attention all Sprint wireless internet customers with a Pantech PX-500:

The Pantech card is not Vista compatible! You have to download the software for the drivers then configure a manual connection. It's a real hassle.

Before buying a new computer make sure your wireless card is Vista compatible. And the new HP's only have an "express" PCMCIA card slot which most wireless cards will not fit into so don't go there unless you want to buy an express card or a USB modem.

 

thats what i got (dell inspirion 1150) have had it a few years now and have had minimal problems with it. the only problems have been thru a wireless card i had for the house computer. i to like the sony vaio but don't anybody with one. let me know how you like it over time and how it holds up.