Posts by mattropolis

1. Intel - great feature set, great performance, great reviews and reliability. 2. Reliability and performance a close second.

Quote: Originally Posted by adinu You put the CD in, format the drive, enter the key and then let vista complete the installation. It's very straightforward. True, but does that reinstall all the bundleware...

I am getting whatever comes with a new laptop w/o paying for the additional recovery disks. It's not a retail version - it comes with the pc. I just burned two dvd's with the recovery software on it. It also comes with an...

Did someone post how to do a fresh VISTA install without even needing the HP recovery disks? Mine is coming tomorrow and I want to start off right. Yes, I searched the forum, but couldn't find it.

I used that machine for two weeks then kind of reluctantly returned it since I got a deal on a core2duo w/ the 7200. However, $1100 seems high - even with 2 gigs of ram. Fry's was selling that machine w/ 1gig and a 120hd for $850 after...

Even though it's still listed on this site, the $200 off $999 coupon isn't working on the hp site. I think the expire date of April 21st was really supposed to read the 12th (since that's what it was listed as on at least one other...

Quote: Originally Posted by archalien Well a C2D smokes what u got, just a plain CD, im not sure how it stacks up, my educated guess is the intel part is still stronger, and much better on battery. As far as grfx go...

Ok, I'm evaluating a dv2000 with the Turion X2 and an nVidia 6150. I got it at a sweet price of $759 with a printer. I can spec out an exact duplicate but a Core Duo T2250 with an nVidia 7200 for $933 (employee discount). I'm...