Not to confuse you even more, but you might also want to have a look at the 17" HP Pavilion. Price lands right in the middle, has more hard disk space and expands to 4GB memory. My father in law is pretty happy with his, though he had to tweak the color settings (gamma) to his preferences.
The following link is just for info, you can check at stores near you. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp? skuId=8661824&type=product&id=1196470439579 --- In amibroker@yahoogroups.com, Ronald Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am convinced that to be able to access at least 3GB of RAM will be MORE THAN ENOUGH to run as fast as I want to run. > > I am planning to purchase a faster Notebook computer with a 17 inch display. > I checked out the $729.99 Acer Aspire Core 2 Duo 1.5GHz, 2GBRAM, 160GBHD >http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=AS7720-6155-R&cat=NBB > and found that it can have up to 4GB of RAM. > > I also looked at the $1,189.99 Toshiba Core 2 Duo 1.80GHz 2GB 240GB HD DVD±RW>http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PSPB9U- 022003B-R&cat=NBB and it is advertised to be upgradable to 4 GB of RAM > > > Do both of these support a second 22 inch monitor equally well. I don't want to buy the lower cost Acer, and end up dissappointed in the how TWO monitors appear. > > I appreciate your thoughts on the Monitor support, and any other differences that other than the size of the HD that I may be dissappointed in. > > Will I be better off to pay the approximately $450 additional for the Toshiba?? > > I would like to have some MULTIMEDIA capability in case I become interested in MULTIMEDIA. > > Maybe I should stay away form Vista, and stick with 32 bit XP. > > I will appreciate hearing your thoughts. Ron D. >
