My P.c has gone mad!! UPDATE

[Roger The Hat]

Anything like that, Poli'.

I use a soundcard that only works with XP (as confirmed by the manuf. and the Win7 compatability tool).
If I bought a Win7 machine I'd have to buy a new soundcard - that's a few hundred pounds extra, and I'm not willing to do that when the old gear works perfectly.   

Just something to bear in mind.   

'Hat.

[Nick29]

Most new PCs have a soundcard integrated into the motherboard, which will be W7 compliant.  If 'legacy' driver compatability is an issue, I'd advise that you steer clear of 64-bit versions of Windows 7 

[jim1]

A lot of hardware manufacturers provide (downloadable) win 7 drivers these days.
It's quite easy to tell if your hardware is Win 7 compatible or have the 32 & 64 bit drivers by going to their website.

jim

[polidor]

SAMSUNG RV515-SO1

Still in it box--thoughts please on this model.

I looked at a lot of "What Laptop should i buy" queries and came up with the following list of things i decided i needed in a laptop.

Dual Core processor that is above 2.4 GHZ
4.GB Ram
64 Bit capable
Inbuilt camera
Reasonable sound --but have been told i may need headphones for use with Skype. !
CD/DVD burning capable
Wireless--my new BT hub is wireless enabled
Keyboard that is comfortable to use


If more than 2 Rootschatters give this the thumbs down it will go back to J.Lewis tomorrow and i will have a rethink  poli

[jim1]

One drawback for me is the screen size.15.6 looks a bit small these days.
Don't forget,the first thing to do is make a recovery disc.

jim

[Nick29]

15.6" is plenty big enough for a laptop.  Larger screens are very unwieldy, and make laptops very heavy.

The specs of the Samsung will be quite adequate for general purposes, web browsing, email, etc.