been running la Vista here for about 6 months on a Dell lappy. Works fine for me. Yes, it has some bugs, what SW doesn't? I don't bang to hard on the OS though, I'm too busy coding to futz around. Copying large amounts of files sucks in Vista, but SP1 is supposed to address that among other things and looks to be going gold on Feb 15. The one thing that really irks me is the bluetooth driver support from Dell. YMMV here as you may get a newer bluetooth module if at all. It is known to be noticeably slower then Win XP, is this noticeable when coding? I'd guess if gaming yeah, it'd suck.
IMHO, resistance to Vista is comparable to resistance to WinXP when it came out which was comparable to say resistance to Win 3.1 even, eh? That said, waiting for SP1 is prolly good, its around the corner now though. Spec wise, 1.83 vs 2.1 speed of cpu is nothing, eh? But the cache on chip is a Good Thing, I'd go with what is it a T7200 or better, they have 4MB on board cache. Save your $$ and buy RAM seperately too. FYI, I'm pretty sure the 820s still dock into the Dell D-Port which is super nice. Don't buy from Dell though. I hit EBay and got one via PotatoPC for ~$55. Finally...check out http://slickdeals.net...folks there know how to get good deals at Dell, posting coupon codes and such. DK Post Script: Ben Forta uses Vista, isn't that enough of approval? haha! On Jan 24, 2008 11:54 AM, Darin Kohles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > Just wondering how many of you out there are using Windows Vista, and > whether or not you encountered any problems; either in general or with > anything Adobe (CS3, Flex etc..) I'm looking into a new workhorse laptop, > and I don't want to screw myself from the word go. > > Also, if anyone has hardware suggestions in general I'm all ears - I > haven't personally owned a functional laptop in about 8 years, so I'm a bit > rusty. > > Currently I'm looking at a Dell Latitude D830 as a base. > > Thanks for your input, > > Darin Kohles > Web Application Developer > I'm also posting this on ACFUG, so if you get it twice, please forgive. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in the subject line For more info, see http://www.affug.com Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
