Some Recently Reviewed Vista-Ready Laptops and Notebooks : Windows Vista on Notebooks: Why and What Hardware?

Some Recently Reviewed Vista-Ready Laptops and Notebooks

By Guy Thomas and Barry Gerber, published on November 7, 2006
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: windows, vista, on, mobile, computers | Themes: Business Notebooks

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5. More Specific Hardware Requirements
6. Some Recently Reviewed Vista-Ready Laptops and Notebooks
7. Buy Hardware With XP Now, Get A Free or Discounted Upgrade To Vista Later
8. More on this topic

6. Some Recently Reviewed Vista-Ready Laptops and Notebooks

Gigabyte's W251U (left) and W551N (right) notebook computers both have Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs. The W551N comes with an Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 dedicated graphics processor.

For very recent MobilityGuru reviews of Windows Vista ready laptops and notebooks see:

Two Quality Core 2 Duo Notebooks From Gigabyte: Which One Is For You? Quick Looks: Fujitsu's P7120D and Lenovo's C3000 N100

Both of the Gigabytes should be able to run Vista with Aero graphics. The W551N with a dedicated Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 graphics processor will definitely perform better than the W251U with a built-in Intel GMA 950 graphics processor.

The Fujitsu P7120D has an Intel Pentium M 1.2 GHz CPU and a last generation Intel GMA 900 graphics processor. This places it squarely in the lower end Windows Vista Capable and Works With Windows Vista categories. Vista Basic is the operating system of choice for the Fujitsu. Lenovo's 3000 N100 can be configured in a number of ways to make it either a high or low end Vista platform. See the review.