Lou Syracuse wrote on 2010-07-14: > I am looking into getting a new system with Windows 7, as I am going to > be doing some work with the technologies available in that "other" > development system from Microsoft and will need the latest version of > IIS which can't be installed on XP. We could probably use another > notebook around the house so perhaps it is time for me to upgrade, pass > mine current notebook down to my wife, Shannon gets hers, and Daniel > gets the "kids notebook". Then everyone will have their own notebook > and I can get rid of a couple of doorstops/monitors; maybe I'll turn one > of them into a Mame cabinet, but I digress... > > So I need a notebook with either Windows 7 Pro or Ultimate because > those are the versions that have IIS. However every store I checked > this weekend here in LA has nothing but Windows 7 Home versions which > don't include IIS. That leaves me two choices: > > 1) order one online from the manufacturer (What's the word on Dell these > days?) and customize it the way I want. or 2) Get one off the shelf and > purchase an 'upgrade' to Pro or Ultimate. > > I'm tempted to do #2, but I like to do the old "freeman c:" every so > often and rebuild my system from scratch. What kind of issues would I > have with the update during reinstall, or is it just a new key? Any > additional Activation hassles? Or would I be better off getting a box > that comes with a restore disk of the version I actually use? > > Anybody been down this road? Any thoughts? Ideas? Complaints? > > TIA, > Lou
Lou, I live on a limited budget, and just picked up a Toshiba with Home Premium. I'm looking at upgrading to Professional for the ~$75 US for this very reason. I chose the Toshiba C655D-S5048 because I can upgrade it to 8 GB of RAM and the keyboard layout doesn't have FN+key combinations for common keys I use (Compaq/HP's F1-F12 require the FN and MSI Home/End keys did). Lenovo was a close second. I didn't feel I needed the webcam because I have that on my netbook. A 2.1 GHz AMD Athlon II Dual-Core P320 processor, has the hardware virtualization and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 Graphics. The full specs can be found here: http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/C650/C655D-S5048. I have a few more things to square away before I put Pro on to it though. I have installed VS 2005 and VS 2010 onto the notebook and performance of them starting up with CodeRush Xpress installed is nice. I'm sure more RAM would be liked by the IDE and the add-on's a I'll be putting in it. Virtual PC 2007 SP 1 isntalled on the box. It runs an XP VM I have. When I installed the VM additions, it became a bad thing. What I read, it's an activation code. If you have a fast internet connection, downloading the upgrade shouldn't be that bad. I did not read if it is something one can download multiple times. There is an option to purchase the upgrade from retail stores. If there is a disc in the packaging, that's how I'll go. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000c01cb2365$2f7e3360$8e7a9a...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
