Don't want Vista? ... AHAHAHAHAHA :rofl:
Ya good luck with that one Mike. Ok I'l let you in on a secret, ALL laptops hitting the market right now are running Windows Vista. Sure maybe there are
some exceptions out there, but they are going to be real pricy laptops to begin with. Yes yes if you hit up and Future Shop / Staples / Best Buy/ The Source, all their laptops are going to be coming with Vista. Now, you want XP?, otherwise known as the best Windows platform ever (running a close second would be W 98 right?
) well the software alone is going to cost you 250, then to get some Future Shop "Product Expert" to take off Vista and put
on Windows is going to be another 250. So lets say you went the usual "first laptop" rout and got an HP DV Series laptop for ummmm lets say 700 if your lucky. Add Norton, add Windows XP software, add Instalation, add $300 gold warranty. Thats right my friend you just racked up a $1,600ish price tag.
Know what you could get for 200 less? A Mac, my Mac actually, with a three year warranty,
and the ability to take it into certain apple stores and trade it in towards the price of a new mac in the future if you like. My laptop is quick, small, pretty, runs lots of cool movie/ photo/ video programs, has Office programs, a great anti virus program (which is no biggie anyways cause macs dont have NEARLY as many problems with viruses) and it always works, always, I've never had a problem with it.
Get a Mac.
Cheers, Kyle