A new laptop?

Question

I am thinking of buying a new latop, i am student and run some math software - nothing too fancy. I dont use that machine for games. Should i get a new laptop soon, or wait till vista comes out?, If i get one now could i installl vista on it later.

Can anyone recomend good specs for a vista and non vista laptop?
Thanks

Answer 1

I would buy a Dell or Toshiba laptop. Most now come with at least 512 RAM (Which the minimum I recommend) and get a Pentium IV 3GHz or better.

Many here will recommend Macintosh, but while they're good - you will pay a lot more for it generally and the software is not as freely available or cheap as PC software is.

I have been working PCs for 12 years and have had very little major issues with them.

As for Vista - hold off on Microsoft software for at least 6 months after they put it out, since they always have bugs that need to be fixed when it first comes out.

Answer 2

best laptop is based on the brand maker and components ....it doesnt matter what OS it runs

i suggest SONY VAIO laptops from the brand SONY

may be with 1 gb ram and sufficeint GB s of harddisk

if u want non vista OS then 512 MB ram is enough
else if u want vista OS then go for 1 gb

coz for better performance VISTA needs minimum RAM needed is 512MB

Answer 3

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/15/acsi/index.php

Check out the Apple, It can run Mac OS and Windows. Running under Mac OS you have a very stable, versatile system.

Running under windows, you are vulnerable to viruses, lock ups and the blue screen of death.

I am a Mac owner.

Answer 4

Toshiba Satellite, A105-S1014.. I have one and love it, just make sure that what you buy is compatible with vista.

Answer 5

http://www.pcworld .com
or search any electrical retailer and see whats popular and for sale.