yeah I realize there is no upgrade path. I think I can find the OS for XP 64 pretty cheap though. Formatting the Hard drive and installing fresh is what I would have done anyway.

The laptop is pretty resource heavy, though I still need more RAM. I've started using Revit lately which is a 3D Building modeler. The more RAM the better it performs. There is a way to trick Windows into allocating more Ram to programs, but I'd prefer to just have more RAM rather than steal it from the OS.

I bought the laptop back in January. Here's the specs. The amazing thing is it just cost me $1,004.88 (I stuck XP Pro on it from a dead Dell PC I had laying around so ignore the XP Home stuff).

-- Latitude D820 --
-- Intel® Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 667Mhz Dual Core
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-- LCDs --
-- 15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA LCD Panel
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-- Memory --
-- 3.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
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-- Graphics --
-- 512MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 120M TurboCache蒂
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-- Hard Drives --
-- 80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM
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-- Operating Systems --
-- Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2, with media
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-- Optical Drive - Modular --
-- 24X CD-RW/DVD w/ Cyberlink PowerDVD蒂
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-- Wireless LAN (802.11) --
-- Dell Wireless蒂 1390 802.11g Mini Card
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-- Batteries --
-- 9 Cell Primary Battery

I like the size of the 15.4" monitor, though at times I wish it were a 17".

Even though the graphics card is awesome it is surprisingly lackluster when you plug in a second monitor and try and run 3d graphics on it. Laptop Video cards just don't copare to PC Video Cards. I hear NVIDAI has some new performance drivers out I'll have to try. For everyday stuff and watching movies plugging it into my 32" HiDef LCD TV looks gorgeous.

-Steve G.