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    Dell compatibility with longhorn

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by asaxena11, Jun 3, 2005.

  1. asaxena11

    asaxena11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi ,
    i am planning to buy a Inspirion notebook .i use my notebook for office
    purpose too .
    since i know that longhorn will be coming soon.i am curious if the
    current inspirion machine be able to support the Longhorn ,Microsoft
    sites says that the longhorn pc needs to have longhorn supporting
    CPU.what will be the upgrade required ,if any

    so will it be good idea to buy a inspirion right now or wait for few
    months
     
    asaxena11, Jun 3, 2005
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  2. DMB14

    DMB14 Notebook Consultant

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    You probably could run Longhorn on any new PC from Dell. I ran Longhorn on a machine that was 4-5 years old, so it should run on all new PCs.

    Dell I6000
     
    DMB14, Jun 3, 2005
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