Quote Originally Posted by davef View Post
OK -- I am now excited to try Windows 7. Between our main office and my home, we have something like 8 PC's and 2 Laptops, all running XP Pro except 2 DOS/WIN 98 machines for some legacy engineering software and hardware.

XP Pro is fantastic, fast and stable but Win 7 is intriguing.

I can use a new laptop so I am looking for a good deal on something with decent graphic performance.

Is the new Core I7 that much better than Core 2 Duo? Seems to cost nearly twice as much in a laptop. Any recommendations? Dell has a decent deal on a Vostro 1520 machine but their laptops don't seem to hold up well with a lot of use -- I have owned 4 Dell laptops and the keyboards on each one have worn out overtime (keys breaking).
Windows 7 seems to work extremely well. There is also a windows xp shell that run on top of seven for older programs that might have some compatability problems with the new operating system. As far as Core I7 it still seems pretty expensive. Also not too many programs so far are designed for quad core, so much of that is wasted power.