Hard drive on my laptop crashed. Computer under warranty so I'm receiving a new hard drive tomorrow. Computer shipped with XP but Vista was available at launch. Through the MSDNA Alliance I have access to free copies of XP, Vista, and Win 7. I'd love to run linux but am afraid of compatibility issues. I may pick up a second hard drive one of these days to try linux out on this laptop but for now this needs to be a win box.
About the computer I'm running:
Dell Vostro 1500, 1.6GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1 gig of ram (ram is cheap - I'd imagine I'll need more to run 7). 150gig Hard drive.
I mostly run firefox, thunderbird, media players and open office. I would like compatibility with programs such as autocad, sketchup, etc.
So... what would YOU do?
About the computer I'm running:
Dell Vostro 1500, 1.6GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1 gig of ram (ram is cheap - I'd imagine I'll need more to run 7). 150gig Hard drive.
I mostly run firefox, thunderbird, media players and open office. I would like compatibility with programs such as autocad, sketchup, etc.
So... what would YOU do?