Comments on: Back to School Laptop http://chris.pirillo.com/back-to-school-laptop/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mark1davidson http://chris.pirillo.com/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-538886 mark1davidson Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:41:17 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/09/03/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-538886 <i>Either buy a Windows laptop with Vista preinstalled, wipe it, and load XP on it.</i> Find the drivers you need for XP first. (Presario buyers, I'm looking at you). From recent personal experience, for Vista, plan on maxing out your RAM right from the start. 2GB for Vista Home Basic or 4GB for Vista Home Premium. Also, buy a high-speed SDHC card as a dedicated cache. Or you can take Chris' recommendation and buy a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Apple computers are more expensive but again, based on my experience and the experiences of those who I know, you generally get twice the life out of a Mac than you do from a PC. ! Follow me at: Twitter - http://twitter.com/markdavidson/with_friends Lockergnome - http://themarkside.com Either buy a Windows laptop with Vista preinstalled, wipe it, and load XP on it.

Find the drivers you need for XP first. (Presario buyers, I’m looking at you).

From recent personal experience, for Vista, plan on maxing out your RAM right from the start. 2GB for Vista Home Basic or 4GB for Vista Home Premium. Also, buy a high-speed SDHC card as a dedicated cache.

Or you can take Chris’ recommendation and buy a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Apple computers are more expensive but again, based on my experience and the experiences of those who I know, you generally get twice the life out of a Mac than you do from a PC.

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]]> By: Chinookman http://chris.pirillo.com/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-538849 Chinookman Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:39:40 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/09/03/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-538849 Although the suggestions read well I've been researching laptops for 5 days now trying to figure out what to buy for school and business. From what I've gathered its best to buy one that has XP Pro preloaded because then you know it will work. Many HP's and Toshiba's do not have any XP drivers for their new shiny Vista machines! So caveat emptor os sumting like dat...... Although the suggestions read well I’ve been researching laptops for 5 days now trying to figure out what to buy for school and business. From what I’ve gathered its best to buy one that has XP Pro preloaded because then you know it will work. Many HP’s and Toshiba’s do not have any XP drivers for their new shiny Vista machines!

So caveat emptor os sumting like dat……

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://chris.pirillo.com/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-534956 Neil Anderson Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:48:28 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/09/03/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-534956 Get the Mac. Once he starts school he's not going to have time for games. :) Get the Mac. Once he starts school he’s not going to have time for games. :)

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://chris.pirillo.com/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-534955 Neil Anderson Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:48:28 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/09/03/back-to-school-laptop/#comment-534955 Get the Mac. Once he starts school he's not going to have time for games. :) Get the Mac. Once he starts school he’s not going to have time for games. :)

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