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Why?! Use the 'Uninstall' button...

Installed it this morning, has some potential but as has been highlighted above it has a few bugs that need work. (It is Beta 1 remember, their first general public trial). Removed it. However XP SP3 RC2 is very good and I can imagine close to the real deal.

eVGA boards are SHOCKING. Mine's dreadful and their upgrade program sucks.

Discs are code type specific. You can't install XP with an OEM code using an MVL disk, and you can't install XP using a Retail code with an OEM disk etc. There are more types, but hey.

Unusual. Dells usually go up in a puff of smoke when you plug an ATX one in, as they use a proprietary power connection on 99% of machines. If you're using an ATX one you're a very lucky man...

Probably need to disable the external display on it - typically laptop GPUs don't have sufficient processing power to run two screens at 32-bit at decent resolutions.

I've been using my car for 6 months and had around £150 worth of fuel back out of it... If you only fill up at Shell every once in a while or do very few miles then you'll never see it.

No comment! I run all mine through a UPS for protection and time to save my documents! How'd you get a PSU that quick?! Cos I don't think ATX ones work in Dells?

ATI 3870. By far. Get an X38 based board with DDR2 - DDR3 isn't worth it yet. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-145-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416 Top graphics card for the £££...

Sod the Dell Inspirons, if you're looking for a workhorse laptop just get a £300 Vostro. The one you've listed is fairly powerful and way overkill for just tossing about in Word and on the Internet. As it's a work one go for a cheaper base but with a 3yr NBD support or something. What use is...

I'm happy with corporate logo and my name and number...

Limiting factor will be the HDD in the box, not the connection speed. Average HDD can't manage to fill the USB2 bus or Firewire 400 or 800...

nLite. Lets you put drivers, service packs, individual updates etc in there. If you're building custom PCs it's definately the most professional way about it, as I hate using Ghost and I hate even more when people send you recovery disks with a ton of software that you never need. Just fills up...

Ixus 70 here with a 4Gb SDHC Extreme III.

x64 with 8Gb RAM, everything is instantaneous. Memory is the key to Vista, and at today's prices there's no excuse not to. DDR2-800 for £70/4Gb means 8Gb sets you back £140. I remember when a megabyte cost you more...

Mine and a threadfull of people on the nVidia forum...

I used Vista x64 up until 3 weeks ago and got tired of the crashes - you have to get things JUST right otherwise it's tedious. Do you use DX10 games btw? As if you're using DX9 games you don't get the crashes. As said above I'll try again using SP1 RTM and 169.28.

Anyone with an nVidia card will at some point whinge about Vista x64. I'm running 32-bit purely because I got bored of nvlddmkm crashes, however I have the SP1 RTM so will be installing x64 with this and testing.

My experience testing machines on the various platforms begs to differ...

No it's always been identical, just nVidia are struggling to write a half-decent driver. ATI cards have been comparable on both platforms.

No, it is pathetic for a 'high end' machine. High end on XP was 2Gb-4Gb, and that makes a midrange 2Gb for Vista. I wouldn't run Vista on 1Gb memory but it's "possible".

2Gb is pathetic for a high-end system on Vista. The more you put in, the more it uses (and fairly effectively too). I've just built a machine with 8Gb in and it is noticeably quicker than my 4Gb 3.8Ghz quad...

Unless you're running a fairly old processor then the Onboard sound is more than adequate for most - use the £100 to get the second GT and SLI them. And unless you're pushing past 3Ghz the stock Intel cooler is fine.

If you want a gaming rig, minimum chipset is X38 or 680i, depending on whether you want BSODs every five minutes or an ATI board. Creative X-Fi boards are pretty gank, the Auzen board is 1000x superior. As for cockhead, I gave you opinions and a valid suggestion. If you can't design, you buy...

Creative X-Fi boards are s**t. 650i Chipset is s**t. Vista Home is s**t. Dare I say if that is what your imagination is giving you as a gaming rig buy a prebuild.

ATI tends to be best value for around a ton. And I can make my 8800GTX stutter on Flight Sim, so we'll have less of the abuse towards it! And FSX is very CPU intensive. It's fixed if you've got a multicore machine though in SP1, but as you're running a P4 you're really going to be strapped...

I use Dameware... I don't prompt users when I connect to their machines, whereas others do and others have to be granted permission to connect. Great software.

I know Microsoft are working on Vista SP1 but for saying OSX 'Just works' it's already on a major update, whereas SP1 is only a cumulation of updates? As for below saying it's taken a year for SP1 for Vista, it's only as above a cumulation of updates. Which Microsoft kindly deliver to my WSUS...

Probably an option on that model - you would still have the switch for it but the miniPCI card won't be installed. Buy one of these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Pro-Mini-PCI-Wireless-Card-2200BG-WM3A2200BG_W0QQitemZ120218285811QQihZ002QQcategoryZ45001QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

I thought Apple was a million times better than Microsoft? Yet 10.5 has only been out 5 minutes yet has a significant update for it?