buying a new laptop. want some suggestions.

[striker0204]

hey fellas!

I am looking at an alienware laptop. It will be my main computer

Please visit this link,

http://www.alienware.com/Configurator_Pages/area-51_m5550.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M5550-R3&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT&QuoteId=striker02044@yahoo.com-998968

and on the top left, youll see a thing called "Retrieved saved information."


tell me if thats bad/good. and if bad, what do you suggest?

[Dudeking]

Amazing there!!!
My only recommendation might be to upgrade from vista basic. But Spec wise its wicked, similar to my Inspiron 9400.

I would remove your email addy from your post there, spammers will pick it up and spam you!

[sho-dan]

Hello striker0204
Nice setup.:cool:

I would get this, AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD and upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Also I would invest in this Lojack (http://www.absolute.com/) laptop program.

Give this a read:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/08/technology/pluggedin_boyle_laptop_lojack.fortune/index.htm

Enjoy your lappy;)

[dale@fcg]

It seems like a great pc- I do thoroughly agree that Vista Premium is the a necessary option.

[kelly]

2 GB memory costs $270. Drop that and pick up the 2GB from Crucial at a cost of $88. Then eBay the 1 GB that comes with the machine.

How's their Tech Support? When looking at a company I'm not familiar with, I like to call Tech Suoort before purchasing just to see how easy it is to contact them.

[striker0204]

it was fairly easy for me to contact them, so customer/tech support is not an issue.

yah, i thought about not getting the ram upgrade, and buying another gig myself.

whats so great about vista premium? i have never had more than 5 minutes on a vista operating system. i was going to create another partition, and have my vista, XPhome, and OpenSUSE linux

[striker0204]

ohh, and thats my spam email anyway, i have 20 of em :) let the spammers COME! IM READY!

[Terry Hanushek]

Striker

whats so great about vista premium? i have never had more than 5 minutes on a vista operating system. i was going to create another partition, and have my vista, XPhome, and OpenSUSE linux
Dan summarized the various versions of Vista a few months based on his test observations.

Vista versions (http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=18569#post18569)

Terry

[striker0204]

great reading. thanks terry.