Gregory Pettigrew (etherial) wrote,
Gregory Pettigrew
etherial
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Shopping Help

Thoughts on buying a new computer. What I need:
  • a laptop model
  • a full adult-sized keyboard
  • a non-Vista operating system requiring one click or less to install
  • the ability to run multiple web browsers at once (as well as a game or two)
  • cheap (free) anti-virus protection
  • DVD drive

I've only bought one computer before. That was easy: Go to apple.com, fill out the information for the educator's discount, buy a top-of-the-line model with all the upgrades. Unfortunately, I have not the budget for a top-of-the-line anything. So, any suggestions on sellers, manufacturers, and models?

Edit: I really do mean non-Vista. XP is a version of Windows I'd be willing to use. 7 seems to have all the usability of XP with all the pretty of Vista, but that's just my first impression. *nix is fine, and the one click is just a metaphor, but I remember the days when it took months to *nix working properly on a PC, and I want a guarantee that it'll be fully functional in half an hour.
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