Re: Looking to upgrade... XP or Vista???
Re: Looking to upgrade... XP or Vista???
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nj_annie@golfilla.info writes
>Thanks for all of the advice. But on most sites I've looked at, I
>find very little in the way of XP systems. Can you guys reccomend
>some places where XP PCs are in ample supply?
_If_ you just want a PC that will do what your old '98 machine does, and
probably more, look at "netbooks"; there is a wide range of these that
now come, new, with XP. Asus's Eee range has a surprisingly large
selection - different screen sizes (7, 8.9, and 10.1 inch diagonals),
Linux or XP, assorted colours (!), and assorted hard drives (including
some with only solid state drives). The 9 and 10 inch screens have
1024x600 resolution. These machines can be used with an external monitor
(at higher resolution) keyboard and mouse, though some would say this
defeats the point; they include wifi, webcam, microphone, ethernet, ...
no optical drive, but again can work with an external one. (They have
speakers, though - especially the smaller ones - they're a bit tinny;
again, nothing to stop you using external ones.) Finally, they're
reasonably cheap. (The non-Asus one is the MSI Wind U100, or its clones
- in the UK, anyway - the Advent 4211 or Medion 1215, available from
PCWorld/Currys and Aldi/Argos respectively.) Others are continuing to
appear.
Basically, if you want a _new_ machine that comes with XP already
installed, look at netbooks (i. e. very tiny laptops). They _may_ do
what you want. (They're also cute! if you _do_ use them without external
everything.)
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Annie
>
You're welcome again.
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