it depends. you can find a LOT of cheap laptops out there (best buy, walmart) but in my opinion, the thing that makes/breaks a laptop is dedicated video card RAM (not found in laptops from best buy...

What's wrong with 2GB of RAM? That's plenty.

yeah man, 3 years ago 512MB was plenty. I buy machines with plans to buy more RAM in the future ... not a new machine. Also - Vista is a RAM hog.

Vista runs great with 2GB, though. If you want to use any more than 3GB of RAM, you have to go with 64-bit Vista or XP, which is a bit of a crapshoot at this point.

i say Vista runs merely "OK" with 2GB. I'm not like, impressed by the speed. It works normally - the equivalent of XP with 1GB, I think. I also use Readyboost (2GB on an SD card) which probably hel...

i see where you're coming from. but i'd just rather have a new laptop at that point.

yeah me too. it's more a question of "can i cost justify this to the wife". heh. she sees the UPS person bringing me so much crap, that i have to have it sent to work sometimes.

HAHA, nice

you know what i found out? that if you have Vista 32bit, and you want 64bit, to upgrade is free, provided you upgrade to the same version (ie, home premium 32 bit to home premium 64 bit). I definit...

very nice. free is always good. I got a free copy of Vista Ultimate 32 and 64 from MS for participating in a survey thing! Just came in the mail. Awesome.