Dear Lazyweb, re: Vista

[holzman_tweed]

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?

Comments

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

I have a brand new XPS laptop (M1730), which is the bees knees, and inannajones has a slightly older XPS desktop, which is likewise insect-joint-like. I recommend them highly.

I haven't had any problems yet with Vista, but it's only been two weeks. I haven't really noticed a lot of difference, to be honest.

[holzman.livejournal.com]

The PC I get will be replacing my Inspiron XPS as my home machine -- I'll still be using this as a laptop until it keels over dead. It's just that it's 5 years old and not up to speed anymore for full daily use and better to get a new PC when I have a PC. The XPS One and the Studio XPS are both tempting, but the Falcon NorthWest Fragbox looks like it has more muscle.