We need a new data acquisition laptop at work. Because we interface with a lot of legacy instrumentation, we don't want to make the switch to Vista just yet. And I'd like a 17" screen, since our acquisition software has a pretty cluttered interface and this computer won't be moved very often.
However, it seems like the major laptop manufacturers don't sell anything that fits the bill. Dell apparently won't put XP on any of their 17" laptops. HP will, but they don't offer customization (i.e., you are stuck paying for features you don't need). IBM doesn't seem to have any cheap 17" laptops.
Ideally, this should be a pretty bare-bones machine. We'd like a dual-core processor and at least 1GB of RAM, but we don't care about HDD, graphics, sound, etc. Is there a company that sells what I'm looking for?
Thanks in advance
However, it seems like the major laptop manufacturers don't sell anything that fits the bill. Dell apparently won't put XP on any of their 17" laptops. HP will, but they don't offer customization (i.e., you are stuck paying for features you don't need). IBM doesn't seem to have any cheap 17" laptops.
Ideally, this should be a pretty bare-bones machine. We'd like a dual-core processor and at least 1GB of RAM, but we don't care about HDD, graphics, sound, etc. Is there a company that sells what I'm looking for?
Thanks in advance
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