Re: New laptop ideas, answers, and recommendations -- PCTECH

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On 8/20/07, daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I wouldn't get Vista, unless you want to be programming for it.

Why is that?

My work laptop has Vista. I won't bring it home yet, for a couple of
reasons ...
-- I think it is at least a couple of service packs (and at least a
year) away from stability.
-- the graphics are nice, but not worth the added memory cost.

Macs are toys too, which explains why they have webcams. ...

Talk about religious wars.

I am wondering if anyone is going to take the bait.

That said, if videoconferencing or another application is expected to take
off so that the cams are more essential then I would prefer to have it
built in. Like the wireless mouse, I don't want to have the cables
tangled up in my bag.

I wouldn't pay now for a feature that I won't use now, particularly if
the feature will be easily worked around. Heck, there will probably
be a great bluetooth webcam available by the time 1-to-1 video
conferencing hits the big time.

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