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[dennisf_11157]

HEY ALL,
I JUST HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT WINDOWS BEING DISCONTINUED IN EARLY 2008.IS THIS TRUE? IF SO WOULD I BE BETTER OFF PURCHACING A NEW LAPTOP WITH WINDOWS VISTA INSTEAD? ALSO IF THAT IS WHAT I HAD TO DO WHAT VERSION OF VISTA WORKS THE BEST WITH HOSTER , OR DOES IT MATTER? THANX MTU ROCKS

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by dennisf_11157

HEY ALL,
I JUST HEARD A RUMOR ABOUT WINDOWS BEING DISCONTINUED IN EARLY 2008.IS THIS TRUE? IF SO WOULD I BE BETTER OFF PURCHACING A NEW LAPTOP WITH WINDOWS VISTA INSTEAD? ALSO IF THAT IS WHAT I HAD TO DO WHAT VERSION OF VISTA WORKS THE BEST WITH HOSTER , OR DOES IT MATTER? THANX MTU ROCKS

I have Windowas Vista Home Premium & Hoster works perfectly with it! Except for a couple of older programs I have that dont work anymore, I haven't had a complaint with Vista yet.

[dennisf_11157]

HEY THANX LONEMAN,
I HAVE RUN SHOWS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW BY DISKS, AND NOW I AM READY TO CONVERT TO A LAPTOP AND HOSTER.HERE IS THE LAPTOP I HAD IN MIND. IT MIGHT BE OVERKILL,BECAUSE I NEVER DID A SHOW ON A LAPTOP, AND I DON'T WANT A SLOW SYSTEM, SO PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WILL.IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT LAPTOP THAT IS SET UP NICE FOR A BEGINNER LIKE ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I AM PLANNING TO BUY A DELL VOSTRO 1400 WITH A 2 DUO T 7500 4 MB PROSESSOR L2 CACHE 800 MHZ 2 GIG MEMORY 250 GIG HARD DRIVE 8X CD/DVD BURNER DOUBLE LAYER 128 MB NIVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS VIDEO CARD(good for dual display?) PLEASE ADVISE I AM GOING TO MAKE THE SWITCH SOON. DOES IT MATTER WITCH VERSION OF VISTA I USE ? THANX FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. MTU ROCKS

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by dennisf_11157

HEY THANX LONEMAN,
I HAVE RUN SHOWS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW BY DISKS, AND NOW I AM READY TO CONVERT TO A LAPTOP AND HOSTER.HERE IS THE LAPTOP I HAD IN MIND. IT MIGHT BE OVERKILL,BECAUSE I NEVER DID A SHOW ON A LAPTOP, AND I DON'T WANT A SLOW SYSTEM, SO PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WILL.IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT LAPTOP THAT IS SET UP NICE FOR A BEGINNER LIKE ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I AM PLANNING TO BUY A DELL VOSTRO 1400 WITH A 2 DUO T 7500 4 MB PROSESSOR L2 CACHE 800 MHZ 2 GIG MEMORY 250 GIG HARD DRIVE 8X CD/DVD BURNER DOUBLE LAYER 128 MB NIVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS VIDEO CARD(good for dual display?) PLEASE ADVISE I AM GOING TO MAKE THE SWITCH SOON. DOES IT MATTER WITCH VERSION OF VISTA I USE ? THANX FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. MTU ROCKS

No such thing as overkill when it comes to media/entertainment systems IMO. In my eyes the faster the processor, more memory, high end video card & sound card is a must. Lessens the chances of glitching.
As far as choosing Vista, I wouldn't have a clue, I got what came with my new tower & know it works with Hoster.

[Beavis]

Originally Posted by dennisf_11157

HEY THANX LONEMAN,
I HAVE RUN SHOWS FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW BY DISKS, AND NOW I AM READY TO CONVERT TO A LAPTOP AND HOSTER.HERE IS THE LAPTOP I HAD IN MIND. IT MIGHT BE OVERKILL,BECAUSE I NEVER DID A SHOW ON A LAPTOP, AND I DON'T WANT A SLOW SYSTEM, SO PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WILL.IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT LAPTOP THAT IS SET UP NICE FOR A BEGINNER LIKE ME PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I AM PLANNING TO BUY A DELL VOSTRO 1400 WITH A 2 DUO T 7500 4 MB PROSESSOR L2 CACHE 800 MHZ 2 GIG MEMORY 250 GIG HARD DRIVE 8X CD/DVD BURNER DOUBLE LAYER 128 MB NIVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS VIDEO CARD(good for dual display?) PLEASE ADVISE I AM GOING TO MAKE THE SWITCH SOON. DOES IT MATTER WITCH VERSION OF VISTA I USE ? THANX FOR ALL YOUR HELP.. MTU ROCKS

when you do convert to hoster, you will say what was i thinking for all these years lugging all these disc around

[hwheeler43]

1 thing you might want to do is max out the memory. My laptop has 2 g and I had audio dropouts when I was using Vista. Works great after switching to Windows XP. With the new changes that have been made to Hoster it might work just fine with 2 g. Vista is a memory hog so the more memory the better..

[UPNext]

Products Released	General Availability Date	Mainstream Support Retired	Extended Support Retired	Service Pack Retired	Notes
Windows XP Professional	12/31/2001	4/14/2009	4/8/2014

Windows XP will still be around for quite some time and it may make your life easier being a new user of Hoster.

[hwheeler43]

I agree with Upnext. Also, Dell will sell you a system with Windows XP. 2gb of ram on XP is wonderful. I would make sure that the laptop has an s-video jack.