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If you were looking to upgrade your laptop, what would you buy and why?

Acer....... had it for 14 months with no probs. Even tipped half a cup of coffee into the keyboard, and everything still works !!!

Depends whats the purpose of this laptop?

whatevr ya get, dont run vista, run XP.

I have a dell, it works great.

I have a Lenovo....And if it wasn't supplied free from work would never get again ....

It's for general use. I have a Dell and it has been reliable, but is a bit old now.

Hoff, I think all Dells come preloaded with Vista these days.

My newish HP Pavilion is a little ripper.... cant say much for Vista but

Colette wrote:It's for general use. I have a Dell and it has been reliable, but is a bit old now.

Hoff, I think all Dells come preloaded with Vista these days.

Col, depending on brand, you can still get XP.

I haven't used Vista...what's the problem with it?

Not much just prefer XP

Early Vista had probs with peripherals ie printers/scanners etc.

Vista is just a visual gimmick IMO....We still use XP for all our work PC's and laptop's cause they are all networked and run machinery made b4 vista was brought out.

I use Vista at home and is pretty .....I did try using voice command's for a while but the novelty soon ran out

Colette wrote:I haven't used Vista...what's the problem with it?

look vista is OK, but it's just not a reliable, will freeze up your memory when running heaps of apps, is a memory hogg and is less compatiable with 3rd party software and harware like printers etc..but it's OK.

I run it, but I prefered XP. easier to use.

I think dell give you an option, but if you have to get vista just update it asap and hopefully your printer and periph's will work.

Im getting a toshiba satelite in the coming months when i get my funds into gear... But ive heard many a good thing about acer...

And i know mum had BIG issues with vista especially with uni work and what not cos there systems were linked up for xp or something she had to get plug in after plug in... then mr sony tech had to fix it again and again and again..

i heart windows xp!

I've always wanted a laptop - little blond one about 160cm tall........

On a more serious note - Toshiba have usually been good for me personally. I've installed plenty of Dell's as well and they are excellent as well.

Wouldn't use Vista as XP is way faster and more stable on same hardware platform. After running Vista at home I went back to XP pretty quickly.

Cheers,