Wanting to buy a laptop to use for work and home. Looking at the ASUS G Series G1S-B1 Intel Core 2 Duo T7700. I've also been reviewing several of the Clevo laptops (they make the Sager, Alienware, Voodoo, Falcon NW, and several others). They cost a bit more, but you can customize them the way you want.
My main questions (might should have posted this on the Vista site), if I go the custom route should I go XP Prof or Vista Ultimate? My work environment is still XP, not sure for how long. My home network is XP. I would guess Vista is more future proof, but it might be more of a pain in the short-term. If I go Vista, can I still connect to my home wireless network through with Vista? Also, if I go XP, it sounds like XP doesn't support some of the functions on this new laptops (i.e., Turbo ram) or you have to download fixes (ie., dual core support). Also, if XP is loaded at these custom sites do they make sure all the drivers are loaded (which I read is the biggest pain with getting XP to work on these new laptops). I'm leaning toward Vista Ultimate or at leat Home Premium, if it will work with my home network. BTW, home network is through a 2Wire wireless modem (attwireless DSL).
I'm concerned about the connectivity as one of my son's friends was trying to access my home wireless network on his laptob which had Vista and was not able to. I tried helping him connect, but I'm not familiar with Vista and it's set up was different than mine on XP. Were we just doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Any help is appreciated.
My main questions (might should have posted this on the Vista site), if I go the custom route should I go XP Prof or Vista Ultimate? My work environment is still XP, not sure for how long. My home network is XP. I would guess Vista is more future proof, but it might be more of a pain in the short-term. If I go Vista, can I still connect to my home wireless network through with Vista? Also, if I go XP, it sounds like XP doesn't support some of the functions on this new laptops (i.e., Turbo ram) or you have to download fixes (ie., dual core support). Also, if XP is loaded at these custom sites do they make sure all the drivers are loaded (which I read is the biggest pain with getting XP to work on these new laptops). I'm leaning toward Vista Ultimate or at leat Home Premium, if it will work with my home network. BTW, home network is through a 2Wire wireless modem (attwireless DSL).
I'm concerned about the connectivity as one of my son's friends was trying to access my home wireless network on his laptob which had Vista and was not able to. I tried helping him connect, but I'm not familiar with Vista and it's set up was different than mine on XP. Were we just doing something wrong or is it not compatible?
Any help is appreciated.
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