Updating Windows

[Musicman51]

billyo, do you like your mini laptop? i hear they are really neat and compact. Can you tell me a little about your mini? Brand, power etc. Is it pretty much like a standard lappy? Would it work for Hoster and doing karaoke in a club? I have big hands, how small is the keyboard? George

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Musicman51

billyo, do you like your mini laptop? i hear they are really neat and compact. Can you tell me a little about your mini? Brand, power etc. Is it pretty much like a standard lappy? Would it work for Hoster and doing karaoke in a club? I have big hands, how small is the keyboard? George

love it,it's an asus eec pc,intel celeron,900 mhz processor,window xp, it has 120 gb sata hhd,the only thing i didnt like was the hhd were partitioned, 1g of ram , the keyboard is almost a standard size, pretty much as an standard laptop, its really compact 9x8, monitor is about 6x9, 3 usb port,1 ethernet, built in wireless,( fast ) the drawback was it doesnt have a cd/dvd drive, no s-video,just vga, i hooked up another monitor and works fine, dual display capable, i can always get an ext. cd/dvd and also i could get a pc to tv converter, i'm not sure if it's good for hoster, but i think it will do fine, as a matter of fact i'm using it right now, i hooked up my ipod and i was surprised works like my other full size lappy..

[Beavis]

just in case anyone was wondering, Dell still sells laptops with windows XP. they only sell one model and it cost an extra $150 for windows XP they also give you the windows vista OS too.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Beavis

just in case anyone was wondering, Dell still sells laptops with windows XP. they only sell one model and it cost an extra $150 for windows XP they also give you the windows vista OS too.

yup, i thought about getting one before i bought this mini laptop, but anyway when i bought my 2 inspiron laptops( e1505 and e1405 )a while back it came with the vista home premium upgrade ( not installed ), i gave those away..( the upgrades )

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Beavis

just in case anyone was wondering, Dell still sells laptops with windows XP. they only sell one model and it cost an extra $150 for windows XP they also give you the windows vista OS too.

Actually if you look in the small business section they have more than one with the XP upgrade. And it was only $99 when I got mine a few weeks ago.

[Beavis]

i just got my Studio today All macked out for $749 delivered. 320 hd 4gb memory 64b

now i have to learn vista !

im beta testing windows 7 so i will be ready for it when it arrives

[capnvic]

Originally Posted by Beavis

i just got my Studio today All macked out for $749 delivered. 320 hd 4gb memory 64b

now i have to learn vista !

im beta testing windows 7 so i will be ready for it when it arrives

I just started with Windows 7 as well. It seems to me that the W7 has few hangups with device drivers and system/memory resource allocation problems. Just installed it two days ago... May load it on one of my laptops with Hoster and see how it goes

[Musicman51]

What is "Windows7"? our next operating system? i haven't got Vista down yet. Will Hoster work on it? George