My brother-in-law's new Toshiba Vista-only laptop hasn't made a good impression on me. It overheats and hard crashes more often than I would tolerate if it were my computer.
It's possible that Dell has put together a better laptop than Toshiba, but I just don't think that Vista is a good portable OS. It's too bloated and resource-hungry to run efficiently on the limited hardware of a laptop system.
I recommend going with the Macbook, especially if this is going to be a work machine.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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