Windows XP and mini laptops.......  

hmmm, i never thought about waiting till 7 comes out and getting it on a mini. they will support 7? that would be nice......

geek squad is always in the back of my mind and some day, i may just have to call them when i get tired of figuring out things for myself. thanks!

Oh, I forgot to mention another advantage of Linux, although there are some versions that cost money, you can generally get a Linux OS for free and the versions that do cost money are a lot less than any Microsoft product.

the HP's come with 1 gig of ram and are upgradable to 2 gig. i like that upgradable part of things. linux, how hard is that to learn how to use? i've always been a windows person myself and find that i get frustrated while trying to figure out how things work and just give up and walk away from it.

that word 'free' that you mentioned, i like that! thank you for the response, you were very helpful!

i do not see how they can sell mini laptops with an os that will not or is not supported by MS. all i want a mini for is email only. i have a desktop pc that is loaded with all the programs i need and a few i dont but i keep them just the same. the only thing i want on a mini is email, anti-virus, firwall, thats it. now, another thing too is, i spoke with an agent for HP who told me that windows 7 ran slow and to stick with XP for as long as i could. she said that they (HP) are testing it and she was not impressed with it at all.

oh, i have xp on my desktop and like you, i've never had to call for support. its an excellent os. i just felt uneasy about buying a mini and in a year or so MS drop their support of it. oh well, the track record with xp has been great so i'm not going to worry about it. thanks for the response!

ewww, i'd rather eat glass than get something with vista on it. i can not express my hatred of vista enough. i had a laptop that had it on it and i couldnt find anything without searching, like the defrag, scandisk, etc. sooo totally different. i'll take xp anyday over vista and cant wait to see how well 7 does, how long it takes to get the bugs out of it, etc. i've heard too that 7 will resemble vista in many ways. i cringe at that thought but i guess i could adapt if need be.

yeah, i like XP better then vista in alot of aspects, but i guess thats where change comes into play. once you get used to vista it is actually really easy to navigate and i guess windows 7 is basically an easier to use version of vista with a few upgrades in performance from my understanding. either way, i would rather plan on something being fully useable 5-10 years from now instead of getting that lovely message saying "your system does not meet our minimum operating standards. XP was a good system but things change and it will only go so far now that things are getting more technical requiring a better OS that can handle the work load. i guess sometimes initial ease of use shouldnt be a determining factor though. with a little time, you will know the system inside and out and wont have any problem.

they should have given people who bought vista or vista machines their money back!!! so far, none of the new mini's are coming out with 7 installed on them yet. there was no mention of 7 when i bought this HP mini yesterday, just xp which i love. the mini's cant handle vista thus the reason for xp. if the brand new mini's that come out have 7 on them, 7 must be a much leaner os than vista and run along the same lines as xp i would think. i dont know, i could be wrong on that. in my opinion, i think that they should have only xp on the mini's, keep xp alive, well, kickin' and supported by ms. its the best os they have ever come out with and believe me, i've had them all starting with windows 95 all the way up to the short time i had a vista laptop that i sold. everyone says that vista and ME were the 2 worst os's they ever had. hmmm, i kind of liked ME once i learned how to use it with all of its little pains in the butt things you had to do to keep it running! LOL! i'm definately an xp lover though.

oh wait, i re-read your msg again, you were talking about the new mini's/notebooks coming loaded with xp, right? (duh, where is my mind at today???) LOL

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yea,i've been seeing ads where it's preinstalled.sounds like even microsoft has no faith in vista now.

thank you for your response and input! i'll print your response and hold onto it for future use. in the meantime, i did buy the HP mini and i loved it. i did have a major problem with the connection speed. at first it connected at 18mbps then over the course of 3 days, dropped down to 2.0 mbps. i gave HP and linksys remote access to it to check the settings and such and all checked out fine. for having only aol, an antivirus, firewall, etc. things pertaining to internet access only and deleting the 'bloatware' and having 1 gig of ram in it, it should have moved FAST and connected at a much higher connect speed. it didnt. i returned it back to office depot who refuses to return my money, instead telling me to either swap out the laptop with another or take a merchandise card for $454.75. that infuriates me! they are pretty much HOLDING MY MONEY HOSTAGE making me spend it at their stores which maybe i dont want to do if i find a better price somewhere else. i didnt want to swap it out and take a chance on getting another defective laptop that i couldn't use due to connectivity issues. this whole experience has been a nightmare with office depot to say the least. maybe in the future i'll get another one but i'll sure read your response before i do! thanks!