$100 more expensive than XP version? Err, someone care to explain to me why the XP version of this model is almost a full $100 cheaper?
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My guess is Microsoft is subsidizing it. They don't want people leaving Windows for any reason. In the long run controlling the market is more important to them, so if they have to they will pay people to use Windows. This is a guess though. I'd be interested to hear from somebody at Amazon why the pricing is going this way.
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It works just fine with XP. The hardware is well-supported. It is the software you want to be concerned about.
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EZ Drummer 2 just came out recently, and Windows XP is a legacy product, these new plugins are pretty hefty, so I would seriously think about getting yourself a newer system with a Quad Core processor or you could be looking at serious underun....(pops & clicks) I own Superior 2.0 and it is very demanding!
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Kind of sorry to hear that you won't be our guinea pig. :) I understand why you would chicken out.Honestly, I am one of the minority of IT people I know who actually likes Vista. Still, there has been a lot of backlash about Vista. I suspect Windows XP will be around a lot longer than MS wanted. Only time will tell.In any case, you must have Vista check out that HP 2133. *****As another side note, I am curious if you were leaning towards this MSI Wind for the larger screen? Or did you not know about the new HP model?Toshiba and Sony have some small models too, although I've only seen high end ones. Don't know if they make ones comparable to this one.Soon, all the companies will have versions of them. Kind of sorry to hear that you won't be our guinea pig. :) I understand why you would chicken out.Honestly, I am one of the minority of IT people I know who actually likes Vista. Still, there has been a lot of backlash about Vista. I suspect Windows XP will be around a lot longer than MS wanted. Only time will tell.In any case, you must have Vista check out that HP 2133. *****As another side note, I am curious if you were leaning towards this MSI Wind for the larger screen? Or did you not know about the new HP model?Toshiba and... » Read More Kind of sorry to hear that you won't be our guinea pig. :) I understand why you would chicken out.Honestly, I am one of the minority of IT people I know who actually likes Vista. Still, there has been a lot of backlash about Vista. I suspect Windows XP will be around a lot longer than MS wanted. Only time will tell.In any case, you must have Vista check out that HP 2133. *****As another side note, I am curious if you were leaning towards this MSI Wind for the larger screen? Or did you not know about the new HP model?Toshiba and Sony have some small models too, although I've only seen high end ones. Don't know if they make ones comparable to this one.Soon, all the companies will have versions of them. « Show Less
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Just remember though, this 900 is about 150 or 200 cheaper than the 901 with the atom. Kinda depends on what you want to use it for. Frankly, I ordered one instead of the 7 inch, because of the larger screen and more ram. I am not interested in xp. I'm getting it for size, speed, and cloud computing. Also note, they have now changed the description to Intel Mobile. The atom was obviously a mistake on their part.
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sorry,can't answer. The company that was to install a new hard drive in my computer opted to pay part cost on a new computer because my computer was old. I have not used my copy of "xp" and will probably list it on Amazon
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Same program, but ultimate x7 bundles quite a bit of bonus software with it...well worth the extra few bucks. BUT!!!! I would download a demo version to see if it works on your computer. Apparently X7 isn't always compatible, no matter how strong your system is. ,,, Not working on mine, but I'm hoping they will repair the problem which they told me a month ago their engineers knew about and are working on. I've enjoyed their prior versions, so obviously I was looking forward to 64 bit... ...still waiting.....and starting to guess I should have just returned it. (now that I see they're selling it for less than a third of what I paid several weeks ago. /... dunno
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I really don't know. It is a good computer but still running XP. My husband uses it only to surf the net. We have had it 2 years now and it is running great.
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Agreed, Amazon can shove it. Just bought one off of eBay. Base price was 1889.99 shipped, but I get $151.20 cash back from Windows Live, and hopefully another $56.70 cash back from ebates.com for a total price of $1682.09. Ordered it today around lunchtime, will be delivered tomorrow between 10 and 2. (beat that, Amazon).
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I was gonna say that! :-)It is possible to designate that the NXT software be run on Vista in XP compatibility mode. I'm not going to describe it here unless there is specific interest it going that way. The 1.1 version is worth the investment for other reasons, so it should be your first choice. The new software may even be included in the more recent shipments without the need to contact customer service.
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There's a 12% cash back available from LiveSearch on purchases from J&R; - lowered the price of the blue XP, 120GB version from $408 ($399 + $9 shipping) to $360. Ordered one yesterday - shipped today. Site now says "backordered" so I'm not sure of the best current deal (probably this one once they're back in stock. Good luck.
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Well, I guess I'm going to disappoint you. I'm retired and I don't play games. It starts up in about 30 sec, it runs pretty fast and I can do everything I need from skating the net to processing pictures with Photo shop to making spreadsheets and writing letters. I haven't tried is using AutoCADD on it yet.(I don't do that much with it anymore). The only thing that I haven't figured out yet is Win 8. I think I'd like to have my XP back or maybe Win 7. I surely can't complain about the computer though.
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Windows 7 is fine, tested and proven. I don't think XP will be a problem since it runs in 7.
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Maybe it's not available any more but bought it (from Amazon) with Windows 7 as recently as May of this year (2013). Getting a Windows 7 machine while they were still available was definitely a factor for me in deciding to buy it then rather than later. By the time I need a new computer I figure either Windows 8 will have been either significantly improved or significantly improved. (I avoided Vista the same way, bought an XP machine late in the lifetime of XP, then my next one was Windows 7 which is almost as good as XP....)
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It's Windows 8 compatible, which seems to be even more of a challenge, given my thus far horrendous experiences with Windows 8. I hate windows 8 I wish I had known better and gotten windows 7. Better yet, I wish they'd never done away with XP!
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no i would not load anything higher than windows xp on this laptop, better off getting something with more compatibility!
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Nope not mine came with xp office. I have had no problems with it, but I'm not a big game fan. The memory capacity is the thing.