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656420 2008-04-06 11:47:00 Thanks very much for the help :)

Ill be going to a few places tomoro and now have a better idea of what to expect etc.

Ill post up links in this thread over the next couple of days with the options to get advice before finally making my decision :)

Best regards :D 		sBoff (13587)
656421 2008-04-06 12:04:00 If 1K was my budget I'd buy 2nd hand. That way you may also get some software included. Greg (193)
656422 2008-04-06 20:33:00 I suggest one of these (www.pbtech.co.nz) from PBTech not much over the 1k mark, powerful and runs XP Pro. stormdragon (6013)
656423 2008-04-06 20:41:00 They will ALL have Vista, however if it has Vista Business or Vista Ultimate then you can get an XP Pro CD with it.

If you've got a Vista Business Machine is it the same product key to activate XP? 		stormdragon (6013)
656424 2008-04-06 21:26:00 If you've got a Vista Business Machine is it the same product key to activate XP?
It should be a separate Key, the Toshiba I have here, has the COA on the Laptop for Vista Business,the recovery Partition is on the Laptop as well, and there is a separate 2 x CD recovery CD's For XP Pro. 		wainuitech (129)
656425 2008-04-06 21:35:00 It should be a separate Key, the Toshiba I have here, has the COA on the Laptop for Vista Business,the recovery Partition is on the Laptop as well, and there is a separate 2 x CD recovery CD's For XP Pro.

Thanks for clarifying that Wainui

Was just wondering as I brought an HP laptop about a month and a half ago, with Business installed didn't come with XP discs though. Doesn't matter though Vista's fine for most of what I'm doing anyway. 		stormdragon (6013)
656426 2008-04-07 10:36:00 I think they are expensive and put a large drain on a laptop's battery. best to get a 7.2k RPM external USB drive.
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I have not looked up any data to support my thought - but I doubt if an external 7200rpm full size drive would be much faster than an internal 5400rpm laptop disk which is much smaller (less seek time) 		johnd (85)
656427 2008-04-08 13:27:00 Thanks for all the replys :)

After doing a bit more homework the options sit like this:

Presario V3744AU (www.portables.co.nz)

Or build a dell Inspiron 1524
1.83 GHz, 2MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB
2gb ram

for ~$1200

Im so confused :waughh: 		sBoff (13587)
656428 2008-04-08 21:48:00 Are you in NZ??

I doubt you'll get one with Vista for under $1000

And I doubt you'll get one with dual core

If youre in NZ, you could have a look at the Dick Smith site

Yes, u can get a decent laptop for around 1k
get Compaq Pressario V3645AU (the one i have =P)

Specs:
PI DATE : SEP 07(NZ)
PROC : AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-55,
1.8 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
MEM : 1024MB DDR2 (2 DIMMS)/4GB (std /max)
CHIPSET : Nvidia MCP67M
STORAGE : 120GB 5400RPM HDD
OPTICAL DRIVE : Super Multi 8X DVDRW with Double Layer Support
DISPLAY : 14" WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen
COMM : 802.11b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, Integrated 10/100 LAN,
High speed 56K modem
OS : Windows Vista Home Premium
GRAPHICS : NVIDIA GeForce 7150M up to 287MB shared memory
AUDIO : Altec Lansing speakers
CARD EXPANSION : ExpressCard/54 slot (supports both 34 and 54 form
factors)
MEDIA READER : Integrated 5-in-1 Digital Media Reader(Secure Digital
cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick
Pro, or xD Picture cards
PORTS : 3 x USB 2.0, VGA, IEEE 1394, RJ-11, RJ-45,
1 x Headphone jack,1 x Microphone jack,Consumer IR,
2 Omni-directional microphones, S-Video Output,
AC Adaptor
BATTERY : 6-cell Li-ion battery
DIMENSION : 334 x 237 x 26 39mm
WEIGHT : From 2.45 kg with 6-cell battery

(the price is $950 at the moment but i dont know if they have raise/lowered the price) 		Sylar (953)
656429 2008-04-08 21:57:00 Thanks for all the replys :)

After doing a bit more homework the options sit like this:

Presario V3744AU (www.portables.co.nz)

Or build a dell Inspiron 1524
1.83 GHz, 2MB Cache, 667 MHz FSB
2gb ram

for ~$1200

Im so confused :waughh:

you can save $200-$250 by getting the Compaq v3645AU
it has only 1 gb ram but you can easily buy two new ram chips (is you want more ram) and install them by yourself (doing this, will distrupt the warantee) (around 60-70 each for a decent 1) 		Sylar (953)
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