sissykus Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I just wanted to let anyone who cares know that I have the $398 laptop from WM and it is absolutely worth the $$. Have questions about it, just ask.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemansgal311 Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Good to kno.! Glad you like it & Welcome to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissykus Posted November 13, 2006 Author Share Posted November 13, 2006 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDBoy Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Do you get free upgrade for MS Vista , when it become available next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillowBean Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I just wanted to let anyone who cares know that I have the $398 laptop from WM and it is absolutely worth the $$.Have questions about it, just ask.:)We have the laptop also. The only problem we had with it was all the junk that was pre loaded on it - but I guess you get that will all new computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amickeyfan Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 yes you will get it but you must first upgrade the memory. It will not run on the computer with all the games that are pre-downloaded. I have deleted all of my games & still will need to upgrade. I called HP & they said to really run Vist the way it should, you need 1GB... even though the Windows site says a 512mb is what is needed. Yeah, a 512 clean memory, not a 512 prior to loading a computer with anything else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar1961 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I got one and cleaned out the junk work great Im setting outside type this now. great range with my router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelicswtnss Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 I just wanted to let anyone who cares know that I have the $398 laptop from WM and it is absolutely worth the $$.Have questions about it, just ask.:)I have one as well, and I am absolutely satisfied with it. It was definately worth the $$$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissykus Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 I am not sure what types of programs people are putting on their laptops but mine is great. I use it for all my daily transactions and have never had a problem. I have also installed microsoft office w/frontpage, indesign, and pagemaker and am planning to install photoshop and I have had no problems with memory. Why do people need so much memory? If you are trying to store a lot of music or movies, they may do the trick, but my husband has an external hard drive for those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rindola Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 How do you take off the programs that were pre-installed on these computers? We got one for my dad for christmas, he's going to love it. I bought a new compaq laptop at CC this week, and it's got all the stuff preloaded on it. I'd like to get rid of some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johjstc Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 How do you take off the programs that were pre-installed on these computers? We got one for my dad for christmas, he's going to love it. I bought a new compaq laptop at CC this week, and it's got all the stuff preloaded on it. I'd like to get rid of some of it.go to the control panel and then add/delete programs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amickeyfan Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I am not sure what types of programs people are putting on their laptops but mine is great. I use it for all my daily transactions and have never had a problem. I have also installed microsoft office w/frontpage, indesign, and pagemaker and am planning to install photoshop and I have had no problems with memory. Why do people need so much memory? If you are trying to store a lot of music or movies, they may do the trick, but my husband has an external hard drive for those things.If you plan on updating to Vista, you will need your memory. It will take up much of it. HP told me to run it properly, I will need a 1gb memory.. and that was talking about the $398 walmart deal. If you do a check on that memory, you will come up with only 328 or 382mb's.. can't remember which. The reason the memory is so low is because they loaded that particular model up with a ton of games. You need to delete them to get some of your memory back.While you may not need more memory, others do. I know my kids (teens & young adult) save a slew of pictures & songs, that eats up memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parteejen Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Actually, there's a big difference between RAM and hard drive space. RAM is used only when programs are running. So, having lots of pictures, music, and games on your computer would only effect the hard drive space, unless you are running the particular program. I would suggest altering which programs are included in the startup of your computer, because those are the ones that are eating up your RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsmooth Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 On the Walmart laptop the reason your RAM (memory) is showing up at 380 is because the system BIOS is giving 128 MB to the video subsystem. Just go into the BIOS and set the video memory to 32 MB and your free memory will increase and your performance will increase as well. I've got two and it worked like a charm on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanram64 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 On the Walmart laptop the reason your RAM (memory) is showing up at 380 is because the system BIOS is giving 128 MB to the video subsystem. Just go into the BIOS and set the video memory to 32 MB and your free memory will increase and your performance will increase as well. I've got two and it worked like a charm on both.how do i do this I got two of the computers and they work fine but i was just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bargains4angels Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I got one of the $398 laptops too. I absolutely love it. I only needed it for internet use and its perfect for that. My CD Rom broke after a week, I tried to exchange it and of course they don't have any more. I am waiting for a return call from the dept. manager to see if she can order me another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdavis Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I have this computer on layaway. I was wondering if it has a wireless adapter built in or if I would have to buy one seperately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanram64 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I have this computer on layaway. I was wondering if it has a wireless adapter built in or if I would have to buy one seperately.it has one already built in:razz: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8truths Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Don't worry about Vista. It's not wise to buy MS Windows versions until they've had a year or two to work out the bugs. As good as XP is, a lot of people seem to have forgetten the annoyance of bugs like Sasser -- a horridly stupid mistake by MS involving an unnecessary process running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbtlab Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 great computer. typing away right now. No problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista3ca Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Curious, what are the specs on the WM laptop. I cannot seem to find any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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