On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 12:00:48 -0700, James Mounts <james@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If that is what they are doing/saying about the PCI card, I would turn to a > different laptop company. Just buying into it makes them believe they can do > that. > > But who knows, maybe it's not true after all. > > You can get a NICE dell for little money. :D > Well, I haven't checked it out, but here is the HP thread stating the purpose for the whitelist: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=716493758+1103150660688+28353475&threadId=567021 It is unfortunate, but I think HP makes quality products and I don't see it as a good enough reason not to do business with them, especially if it is the FCC requirement. I wouldn't say you could get a *nice* Dell for little money, but a decent one. If you want a good CPU, modern video card, and a decent amount of RAM, you are going to have to pay a little more. You can't buy a 64-bit machine from them, though. I won't buy a Dell because they only sell Intel CPUs. I think AMD makes a much better CPU for the price. And when you can get a 64-bit laptop for easily under $1500, it just doesn't make sense to buy 32-bit. Jonathan
