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holzman-tweed ([personal profile] holzman_tweed) wrote2008-11-23 07:22 pm

Dear Lazyweb, re: Vista

Hey, fellow geeks:  Soon it will be time for me to buy a new PC.  I'm looking at a number of things, from the HP Paviliaion d5100t to the Dell Studio XPS to the Falcon NW Fragbox.  I have two questions:

1) What's your favorite muscle box, that you'd recommend I look at?  I'm hoping to keep the whole thing under or not much over $3K.

2) Everyone's offering Vista, and I'm hearing I'll have to jump through hoops, spend extra money, and spend lots of time on the phone to downgrade from Vista to XP.  Has M$ fixed Vista to the point that it's safe to use, or should I gear up for the headaches?

[identity profile] basbleugrrl.livejournal.com 2008-11-24 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
If you know anyone who can frankenstein a desktop for you, that's the way to go. Cheaper, and you can get XP on it. Vista sucks hard.