had the top spec one of these in the day they were released in the UK. Seriously not worth it, esp' with Vista on board. It took 5 minutes from power on to a ready desktop. Hopeless. Any app not recently used took similarly ages to load, despite 2Gb RAM and despite turning all the Aero features off. Product returned and Dell D430 with XP purchased instead. Do not be tempted unless you just want something to pose with. Also of note, you cant power up whilst docked with an external Monitor and Keboard etc without opening the lid, which then flips the display back to the laptop screen - v.irritating.
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had the top spec one of these in the day they were released in the UK. Seriously not worth it, esp' with Vista on board. It took 5 minutes from power on to a ready desktop. Hopeless. Any app not recently used took similarly ages to load, despite 2Gb RAM and despite turning all the Aero features off. Product returned and Dell D430 with XP purchased instead. Do not be tempted unless you just want something to pose with. Also of note, you cant power up whilst docked with an external Monitor and Keboard etc without opening the lid, which then flips the display back to the laptop screen - v.irritating.