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laptops running vista?

  • 20-12-2006 4:14am
    #1
    crimsonfire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭


    after reading some pc magazines i began to wonder if id be replacing my laptop when vista begins to take over next year.

    will the kind of low-wattage power saving chips (graphics/processing) that are currently used in laptops be able handle vista without a huge reduction in performance? now i know that this may not be a problem in some of the more high end desktop replacement notebooks but my modest system may not be able to take the extra strain.

    where im going with this is basically many people dont have the finances to keep up with the speedy progression of hardware and the release of a next gen OS doesnt help matters. should i throw in the towel and just invest in a nice desktop and sacrifice the convenience of a laptop? (the reason i bought one and got rid of my desktop was the convenience being able to use it around the house)

    but i suppose all of this hinges on the question of whether or not your just as happy with winXP.


Comments

  • #2
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Whats the current spec of your laptop?


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    You can downlaod the vista upgrade checker to see if you laptop can handle vista. Just download it from the MS site


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    crimsonfire wrote:
    should i throw in the towel and just invest in a nice desktop and sacrifice the convenience of a laptop?

    NO! Ok, I'm probably a bit biased. :)
    crimsonfire wrote:
    but i suppose all of this hinges on the question of whether or not your just as happy with winXP.

    There's the crux of the matter - why do you feel you need Vista? Personally, I don't need it on my laptop and I can only see myself upgrading when I go to buy a new machine in a year or three.


  • #5
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    tom dunne wrote:
    NO! Ok, I'm probably a bit biased. :)



    There's the crux of the matter - why do you feel you need Vista? Personally, I don't need it on my laptop and I can only see myself upgrading when I go to buy a new machine in a year or three.


    I don't need it myself. I did however get a free upgrade from Dell to it. I intend dual booting vista and xp. My machine will probably be the only one with Vista running on it, for a while anyway.


  • #6
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,469 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    The requirements for vista arent that great, the graphics on laptops are usually basic so you'll probably use the basic vista desktop settings. Vista requires a bit more ram than some might have, 512mb, but most laptops with pentium m or celeron m processors which have been around the last three years will be fine. The problem with laptops is they arn't really upgradable like desktops are, you're stuck with the same graphics, screen and processor once you buy the thing, along with the higher price its the trade off you make for portability.


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