A few months ago I spilled a jug of water (literally a jug) on my Dell laptop computer. Mind you, I had over four years of solid use out of the thing but buying a new computer is never fun.
When I was in BC I noticed the new Dell netbooks. There were so small, cheap and they came with a version of Windows XP. I really didn’t want to switch to Vista so this was a major selling point. It was funny actually because when I got my first laptop back in my first year of University it was all about getting the most for my dollar– the biggest screen, the fastest RAM, the largest harddrive– now it was just about getting a convienent laptop that would work with just what I needed it to do and nothing more.
I ended up going with the Gateway series 11 netbook. It came with an extra gig of RAM at not extra cost but sadly was only available in Windows Vista. However, Gateway has a promo where you can apply and have sent to you a free copy of the new Windows 7. Aside from the fact that I am still unsure as to how Microsoft deduced this to the 7th version of the OS but I am pretty impressed with what I see thus far.
The best part is that the Windows 7 installation sports a built in recovery system so the information you have on Vista will not get lost in the upgrade.
I’ll let you know how this works out for me.
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