I got WinXP SP1 {mistaken image, damn} running on the laptop, here are my impressions so far:

• I didn't check maximum resultion size (it's 1024x768, which is very small for me, as I usually work on 1280x1024)
• Dell's ResourceCD is a good idea (I didn't get an OS pre-installed, because I didn't want all the other shitty stuff that they put there.) but it violate about every UI principal that I know of.
  Would it be too hard to have a button saying "Install Drivers & Applications"? That would've saved me quite some time, instead guessing what hardware I had and trying to get used to the touchpad (the application has no concept of keyboard navigation!)
• I'd no idea that I'd so much connectivity, right now I've:
• Modem (V.92)
• Lan
• Wireless (probably 802.11b, but I've been surprised)
• Bluetooth - I didn't ask for this, and was in fact told that I'd to pay extra to get it, but the software installed and it's apperantly working (I don't have anything to test it with).
• InfraRed - Which I had no idea I'm getting but is really nice because I've an infra red phone.
• Parallel
• Serial
• VGA - OK, so I can have data with this, who cares...:-S
• The speed and responsiveness of the laptob is fine so far - only installed applications until now :)
• Pleasantly surprised by how crisp everything looks, and I've an LCD monitor.
• I've a dual monitor setup and I keep trying to move windows to the laptob screen {Yes, I know about MaxiVista, maybe I'll get that, later}
• So far I've installed:
• Office System (2003) Hebrew
• Nero 6
• Norton SystemWorks
• Acrobat 6
• .Net 1.1
• I/O is sloooooooooow
• Things that I will install:
• Visual Stuido 2003
• VC# Express
• MSDN Express
• ReSharper - The reason that I install VS2k3
• CodeSmith
• Project Line Counter
• Reflector
• TestDriven.Net
• CuteWriter - free PDF printer
• TortoiseSVN
• Subversion 1.1
• Subversion Book 1.1
• Paste As.. for Vs.Net
• WinRar
• Notepad2
• SpamBayes - I almost forgot that Outlook doesn't provide this out-of-the-box