It has been some time since I"ve even looked at laptops, and I need some guidance. My wife's HP Pavillion is about 4 years old and showing its age. I would like to replace it with another laptop for her, not necessarily a Pavillion. These are the specs I need to follow:
--15.4" screen or larger
--at least 2 GB DDR2 RAM, expandable to 4 GB
--A laptop with XP would be grand, but it seems that all the new ones have that dog Vista, so I need at least 512 MB dedicated graphics.
--graphics card not as important to her as to me, but it has to be able to handle Vista
--HD-DVD player not a necessity
--something with decent battery life
I don't know where AMD and Intel stand at this point in terms of one over the other, so I don't care unless there is a clear winner with the users that frequent this website.
Anything else I need to be looking at? THe last time I bought a laptop the 15.4" screens were all the rage, and 512 MB RAM was considered high end.
--15.4" screen or larger
--at least 2 GB DDR2 RAM, expandable to 4 GB
--A laptop with XP would be grand, but it seems that all the new ones have that dog Vista, so I need at least 512 MB dedicated graphics.
--graphics card not as important to her as to me, but it has to be able to handle Vista
--HD-DVD player not a necessity
--something with decent battery life
I don't know where AMD and Intel stand at this point in terms of one over the other, so I don't care unless there is a clear winner with the users that frequent this website.
Anything else I need to be looking at? THe last time I bought a laptop the 15.4" screens were all the rage, and 512 MB RAM was considered high end.