One thing about the business line is that they sometimes does NOT include VAT on the price tag (here in EU) and they do not include the delivery cost. The only thing I was going for the Inspiron 6400 in the business line is that it was a better configuration for the same price as I was choosing basically the same config from the Home User category. Also I was very curious about AMD vs. Intel and the conclusion was to choose Intel which I did not regret. With this dual core the whole system had a better user experience than the way more expensive IBM Loenovo laptop I have - that has only a single core.The only thing is much better with that IBM is the screen, as Dell supplies virtually all laoptop with a wide screen WXGA, which is basically about to cut off a big portion of the bottom of the screen (1280x800 instead of 1280x1024 - the IBM has 1600x1280 so you can imagine the difference). They could not remove Vista as I originally wanted it with Linux instead, and used Vista for half a year with MPLAB and other stuff and there was no major problem. Even if one or more hardware or software said Vista is not supported it was working fine. With the SP1 all the memory management problem seems dissepeared - previously sometimes it said not enough memory (on 2G RAM). Now I switched to Linux as it was my previous choice, and it works much faster than Vista, and using XP in a VmWare box - it works for me at least. Tamas On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Marcel Duchamp < marcel.duchamp@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > The Vostro line Jeff pointed me at does indeed start at $399. This looks a > bit nicer than the EEE PC so I went for it and added on about another $75 > for a bigger battery pack and 1 full gig of ram. Their web ordering failed > 3 times to complete the order so I called it in. This was lucky as they > have a very fluid stock situation. My order would have been around $525; > they offered me one with 2 gigs of ram, a faster processor, a bigger battery > and a better dvd drive for $449. So if anyone wants a low end portable, > this might be of interest. > > > > Hi Marcel, > One option is the Dell Vostro small business line. They start at $400 > and > can be ordered with a choice of OS including XP. You don't have to have > business to order from them. > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/vostronb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd > Good luck in your search, > Jeff Galinat > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- Rudonix DoubleSaver http://www.rudonix.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist