I am completely happy with the Vostro I bought; typing on it right now! 
Glad I got it before the "price adjustment"... it will be interesting to 
see how the dust settles on this issue of making XP more difficult to 
obtain.  Vista might work fine for me but right now, I just don't have 
time to fight non-compatible software/hardware issues, if any.



Dave Lag wrote:
> Marcel Duchamp 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 
>>  
>>
> Interesting update to this topic:
> Dell have now caved to MS and will ship with the XP "rollback" installed 
> AND a Vista CD
> - BUT it will cost you an extra $100-$150
> D

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