Anyone have a laptop with Bitlocker (TPM not USB) enabled?

In article <D27DFCE5-714C-4B38-B642-C0BAD1DA5676@microsoft.com>,
in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.security news group, =?
Utf-8?B?QVBB?= <APA@discussions.microsoft.com> says...

> I am currently shopping for a laptop and would like to use Bitlocker with
> the TPM 1.2 chip vice a USB thumbdrive. Any suggestions from readers of this
> forum would be greatly appreciated. I am looking for Brand and model number
> if possible.
>
> Trying to pry any Bitlocker information from CDW, Dell, HP, Sony, etc. is a
> nightmare. I keep getting the "don't call us we'll call you" routine.
>

Dell Latitude D820.

--
Paul Adare
MVP - Windows - Virtual Machine
http://www.identit.ca
"The English language, complete with irony, satire, and sarcasm,
has survived for centuries without smileys. Only the new crop of
modern computer geeks finds it impossible to detect a joke that
is not clearly labeled as such."
Ray Shea

Paul,

Thanks.

-APA

"Paul Adare" wrote:

> In article <D27DFCE5-714C-4B38-B642-C0BAD1DA5676@microsoft.com>,
> in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.security news group, =?
> Utf-8?B?QVBB?= <APA@discussions.microsoft.com> says...
>
> > I am currently shopping for a laptop and would like to use Bitlocker with
> > the TPM 1.2 chip vice a USB thumbdrive. Any suggestions from readers of this
> > forum would be greatly appreciated. I am looking for Brand and model number
> > if possible.
> >
> > Trying to pry any Bitlocker information from CDW, Dell, HP, Sony, etc. is a
> > nightmare. I keep getting the "don't call us we'll call you" routine.
> >
>
> Dell Latitude D820.
>
> --
> Paul Adare
> MVP - Windows - Virtual Machine
> http://www.identit.ca
> "The English language, complete with irony, satire, and sarcasm,
> has survived for centuries without smileys. Only the new crop of
> modern computer geeks finds it impossible to detect a joke that
> is not clearly labeled as such."
> Ray Shea
>

Try HP Laptops. See HP DC7700 model. This has TPM. Follow links from there to
laptop models. HP also provides Embedded Security software, which you can use
to enable and store your certificate keys in TPM securely. This doesn't
require Vista.

"APA" wrote:

> Paul,
>
> Thanks.
>
> -APA
>
> "Paul Adare" wrote:
>
> > In article <D27DFCE5-714C-4B38-B642-C0BAD1DA5676@microsoft.com>,
> > in the microsoft.public.windows.vista.security news group, =?
> > Utf-8?B?QVBB?= <APA@discussions.microsoft.com> says...
> >
> > > I am currently shopping for a laptop and would like to use Bitlocker with
> > > the TPM 1.2 chip vice a USB thumbdrive. Any suggestions from readers of this
> > > forum would be greatly appreciated. I am looking for Brand and model number
> > > if possible.
> > >
> > > Trying to pry any Bitlocker information from CDW, Dell, HP, Sony, etc. is a
> > > nightmare. I keep getting the "don't call us we'll call you" routine.
> > >
> >
> > Dell Latitude D820.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Adare
> > MVP - Windows - Virtual Machine
> > http://www.identit.ca
> > "The English language, complete with irony, satire, and sarcasm,
> > has survived for centuries without smileys. Only the new crop of
> > modern computer geeks finds it impossible to detect a joke that
> > is not clearly labeled as such."
> > Ray Shea
> >