On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:49:19 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

I've been shopping for a laptop for my summer travels and it's hard to find
anything that doesn't have Vista as the OS ( I looked at the MacBook Pro but
don't want to spend that much to send e-mail and store a few photos
...besides Apple people always seem to be a bit weird :-)

Is Vista as bad, buggy, and machine clogging, as I've heard ...i.e. pretty
damn bad? I've don't know anyone, personally, that is using it.


I'd recommend solving your problem by buying a good used laptop running
XP. I've seen laptops that would be way beyond enough for your stated
usage for $100-300.00USD on Craigslist, in the classifieds, etc. And
these aren't particularly old units - P4 class with 512 megs, 40-80 gig
HDs, CDRW/DVD players, etc. and better. Some folks, esp. gamers, simply
can't resist buying the "latest and greatest." I picked up a fairly
decked out large-screen ThinkPad (18 month old) for $150 on CL about 3
months ago. I bought it for use on a boat, so I didn't want to spend
much, and was somewhat shocked at what a coupla-hundred US would buy.

If you simply wish to buy new and/or use Vista, I'd offer that Charlie
Choc is about as good a source as you're likely to find (although not
the exclusive source) on ROFF. I've not upgraded any of our machines to
it simply because I've not found a need to do so - IOW, don't fix what
ain't broke.

TC,
R