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You made a funny.
You used Dell and well-built in the same column. I'm still laughing.
You should consider stand-up.
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You made a funny.  frgough | 08/31/06
The cheap dual core laptops are smoking once you upgrade video  georgeou | 08/31/06
Still, a laptop that runs XP or Linux quite well can be had for $400 to 500  DonnieBoy | 08/31/06
Or, to put it another way...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/31/06
No, you can run current versions of Linux on that hardware. The problem  DonnieBoy | 08/31/06
Horsefeathers!  Wolfie2K3 | 09/01/06
RE: Horsefeathers!  joe6pack_z | 09/04/06
My business desktop is a 1.8 GHz P4 running W2K.  Zogg | 09/01/06
Sheesh...  Wolfie2K3 | 09/01/06
I have. It does. That's my point. (NT)  Zogg | 09/02/06
Don't give me that  georgeou | 08/31/06
He said " XP or Linux", so there's no need to snap.  Zogg | 09/01/06
Don't be economical with the truth George ...  bportlock | 09/01/06
Only if you got junk loaded  georgeou | 09/01/06
"Ou Stats [tm]" return  Robert Crocker | 09/01/06
Boot time?  tic swayback | 09/01/06
Just ignore the "straw man" reply, I think.  Zogg | 09/01/06
Aero is not a requirement  georgeou | 09/01/06
Since our company didn't even see anything compelling in WinXP...  Zogg | 09/02/06
your own straw man: you don't *have* to have aero to run vista  stevey_d | 09/02/06
steve_d: You need to read the whole thread.  Zogg | 09/02/06
I've been buying Dell for a number of years  stevey_d | 09/02/06
You've got Messed up thinking, George...  CxO_trainee | 09/01/06
On the contrary ...  mwagner@... | 09/01/06
Not in *our* office. No way, absolutely no how.  Zogg | 09/01/06
Vista and Aero  Wolfie2K3 | 09/01/06
yep my $40 card works fine  stevey_d | 09/02/06
mine too happy  alex_b | 09/20/06
Can Vista use dual core?  mighetto | 08/31/06
Windows has been multithreaded  mdemuth | 08/31/06
Apple sucks, as always.  jsaltz | 08/31/06
And yet the irony is the Mac Mini will run Vista just fine...  Richard Flude | 08/31/06
Let's know our history  Richard Flude | 08/31/06
I know my history all too well  mdemuth | 08/31/06
Perhaps a revisionist view  Richard Flude | 08/31/06
Not just the threading model  mdemuth | 08/31/06
wow...  ladyirol | 08/31/06
C'mon home  Richard Flude | 09/01/06
All Vista versions support dual core and 64 bit  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/31/06
All Windows NT based versions do  alvinguzman@... | 09/01/06
One correction  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
RE: Can Vista use dual core?  joe6pack_z | 09/04/06
Vista Won't Run on a $1000 Box  Harry Bardal | 08/31/06
Did I miss something?  ladyirol | 08/31/06
Yes you did.  toadlife | 08/31/06
Earlier in this thread I accused George Ou...  bportlock | 09/01/06
What?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Typo  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Rebuttals...  bportlock | 09/01/06
In my company  eb276 | 09/01/06
The point  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Why spend $1000 today?  CxO_trainee | 09/01/06
It is hard to list the advantages of Vista  stevey_d | 09/02/06
Need/have a basic computer  pete@... | 09/01/06
Basic transportation today ...  mwagner@... | 09/01/06
re: need/have a basic computer  Wolfie2K3 | 09/01/06
Good article, Ed but ...  mwagner@... | 09/01/06
I understand...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
I also built a $1k Vista box, not hard to do  darkside@... | 09/01/06
Feh... Mr Biz has his head up where the sun don't shine.  Wolfie2K3 | 09/01/06
Ok Ed, you win...I can buy a Vista machine for 500 bucks, but.....  Yodaddy | 09/02/06
You're missing an important possibly huge cost.  arjay@... | 09/03/06
Reread trhe original post  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/03/06
why argue?  not_exactly_a_newb | 09/04/06
More than just the hardware cost to upgrade  robertk2 | 09/07/06
Gee, you mad fudsters have to turn about  Boot_Agnostic | 09/07/06
But a Vista-compatible LAPTOP will cost $2000  rh0 | 09/09/06
$1,000 Vista machine? Easy.  WindSinger | 09/15/06
RE: On the trail of the $1000 Vista PC  ajollyman | 06/09/08

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