bring it kailua i can check it out for free i will give you cost on the parts and free labor ok maybe not free a bottle of crown

 

Awww crap, I just dropped it off this morning at the Sony service center in Mapunapuna. Thanks for the offer though. And I would have thrown in at least a bag of peanuts to go with the crown.

 

its all good next time

 

ok...i got a question...

as of now...our scan tools only operate on the xp pro software...i want to run another lap top or dells inspirion mini 9
http://www.dell.com/content/products...=19&l=en&s=dhs

but they only come in xp home...if i buy the operating software off of ebay...do you think the mini 9 can operate and handle xp pro? and as you know of late everything is vista

 

it should be able to handke xp pro you got a pm about the software

 

it should not be an issue to run xp. vista is built off of xp. personally i prefer xp, vista is a ram hog

 

depending on the company xp drivers can be a pain in the *** to find
dell is pretty good about it my 1420 had all the xp drivers on the website
now hp thats a different story...ive had to go to the website of each part to get a driver not fun

 

You can also run the MS upgrade advisor.

 

upgrading is easy thats one of the best thing about vista is it real good at getting drivers. but we are talking about downgrading from vista to xp not as fun

 

I might need to ask you about that. I just ordered a Dell XPS 420 system & of course it comes with Vista. Based only on hearsay, I was going to look into unloading it & installing XP instead.

My Vaio's HD was bad. Not sure if I'll replace it or not.

 

Ignore all the bandwagon Vista haters. It has been the most rock solid Windows OS I've ever period and I'm an IT Manager whose office uses nothing but OSX and Vista x86/x64. I've been using Vista x64 since RC2(September 2006).

Definitely stay away from XPS systems. They are a bunch of crap. We have 2 XPS 720's fully loaded for $2800 and even our iMac 24" 3.06ghz beat them in EVERY benchmark there is. Even Windows Experience Index lists it as 5.6 on the iMac vs the 4.9 on the XPS 720. The problem lies in their ridiculously slow CAS latency DDR2 800MHZ ram.

 

Sorry Jess, not to mean any offense, but Windows Vista is NOT built off of XP. It was built off the Windows Server 2003 Kernel which stability wise is vastly more superior. The only thing relevant from WinServer 2003 to XP was XP's security features. If Vista was built off the "XP" platform, then you would not have driver differences and program compatibility differences would you?

 

That's great to know. I'll just have to give it a try for myself.

Roh-roh! Hopefully it will suffice my needs. My Vaio had only like 1gb of ram, so hopefully this system (4gb) will seem ultra-quick.

 

no offense taken you just taught me something new. as a matter fact i was told it was a mixture of what you said above with the impression it leaned more towards XP. as far as bandwagon haters on vista I may be on it but i have my reasoning. probably the #1 reason is the Army isn't running it yet. till they get it I want dive head first into just yet. reason being i will get it free and have unlimited support and the Army will send me for training on it.

 

No doubt, I would highly recommend XP for military use. No sense in spending extra that could go into other logistical things and always need to stay with the tried and true operating systems that present no problems. The Army still uses some DOS based systems such as for logistic bidding so Vista is not a viable choice for them.