Windows 7 or vista..?

[davef]

I agree. I have always had good luck with Thinkpads. I currently have one that is almost 5 years old and shows no problems at all.

Also, I am not a fan of Dell laptops. It was our standard for a while at a company I worked for...but they always had problems.

My first laptop was a Thinkpad (DOS + Win 3.1 ) and it *still* works great. Can't remember what processor it has (286?) but it only had 4mb and, this will reveal my age and geekiness, I had to use Quarterdeck memory manager (QEMM).

I just purchased an ASUS... I wanted something with powerful graphics that I can run our CAD programs (so I can finally work on mechanical drawings while listening to music in my family room -- as opposed to my music-less home office) and I figured I would see what the hype is with the new Core i7. A similarly priced machine from Dell was $600 more and a slower graphics card -- didn't see anything from Lenovo that could compete.

Decent reviews for Asus so I figured I would try something new. I have owned Thinkpads, Toshibas and Dells -- of the (3) Toshiba was my favorite.

[curtis]

When I build PC's for myself, all I use are Asus motherboards.

[debo]

You may want to check out HP Business Laptops, they are very solid and I would also recommend Wiondows 7 Professional.

[Hksvr4]

Windows 7 locked up on me three times today. I forced it to restart. Youtube plays then stops. Modzilla Firefox has a download error. I guess the software is not ready yet.

[davef]

When I build PC's for myself, all I use are Asus motherboards.

One of these days I am going to get you to build me a new desktop

[debo]

Windows 7 locked up on me three times today. I forced it to restart. Youtube plays then stops. Modzilla Firefox has a download error. I guess the software is not ready yet.

I have it on three PC's all upgrades all with firefox and have had no problems for five weeks now.

[Hksvr4]

I have it on three PC's all upgrades all with firefox and have had no problems for five weeks now.

That's strange. At the end of the download, it pops up a error. I've tried it a few times already. Is your Windows 7 an upgrade or a factory install?

[debo]

Upgrade.
Is yours a upgrade?

[Hksvr4]

That's why. It might have converted during the upgrade. Did you have a problem with the key? Mine is factory installed.

[debo]

One of my PC's was on XP Pro and I wiped the hard drive and did a fresh load of Windows 7 Pro. No problems with with the key.