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Originally Posted by Army
If I were you I'd go and try before you buy. See what you think of the keyboard layouts. I find the keyboards on HP laptops especially irritating but they seem to be a better deal than Dells at the moment. Dell seem to me to be expensive for what they are.
If you are sticking with Windows then you should either
1) Buy something with hardware that can be upgraded for future Windows fatware - you might think that 16GB of RAM is excessive. I bet in a few years it will become common.
2) Buy something that can just about manage at the moment and chuck it away after 18 months.
If you want to run Windows 7 and XP then you could do that in a virtual machine - virtual box for example.
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I'd second this, a Laptop is a bit different than a desktop.
Screen size and type glossy or matte, keyboard layout, etc all things you need to touch and feel first.
You can use the learn to then buy on-line if you prefer.
I'd still recommend a case and consider an external mouse, I can use the touchpad but prefer a regular mouse.