This is a pretty decent laptop for the price. If you or anyone you know is in the market for a new laptop, this might be worth looking into. And I'm guessing you would get a free Windows 7 upgrade too.
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topi ... id=1300521
DELL Vostro A860 Laptop
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
2GB Memory, 250GB Hard Drive, 8x DVD+/-RW
Includes Travel Surge protector
Starting at 5.4 lbs
15.6" Wide Screen HD LCD Display
Dell Vostro A860 Laptop, $399
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Dell Vostro A860 Laptop, $399
"SILENCE, I KILL YOU!!" - Achmed the Dead Terrorist
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Laptops are getting cheap. My wife bought my mother-in-law a pretty sweet laptop for something like $300. If I didn't have a laptop I'd be VERY happy with it. It was a toshiba satellite of some sort or another.
It's very cool that they can be gotten for so cheap though; practically cheaper to buy a new one than repair an old one. Good for us, bad for our landfills. Sort of like how printers were/are...
It's very cool that they can be gotten for so cheap though; practically cheaper to buy a new one than repair an old one. Good for us, bad for our landfills. Sort of like how printers were/are...
I found out today that this laptop requires setting up a Dell business account when you purchase the laptop. Lame. So, it's probably not going to apply to most of us on here. Please disregard, unless you have a business and are looking to buy a laptop.
Even more ridiculous is the fact that in order to use it in a business environment, it needs to be the Pro version of the OS, and it says Vista Basic. Pffft.
Even more ridiculous is the fact that in order to use it in a business environment, it needs to be the Pro version of the OS, and it says Vista Basic. Pffft.
"SILENCE, I KILL YOU!!" - Achmed the Dead Terrorist
AKA: Staark or Staark_RLG