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Re: [OM] OT -- computer questions

Subject: Re: [OM] OT -- computer questions
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:47:13 -0400
And as soon as Moose gets up he'll respond that Vista is just fine.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt

Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I think you can still buy a Dell machine with XP although you may have 
> to go through the business side rather than the home user side.  What I 
> did was buy refurb machines on the business side and selected only from 
> those with XP (most of them)
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> Sue Pearce wrote:
>> The HP department that sells commputers to businesses over the phone offers 
>> laptops with XP. My wife buys them by the case with no problems.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <GMcGrath@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 9:01 AM
>> Subject: [OM] OT -- computer questions
>>
>>
>>> I've been itching to buy a laptop smaller than my 15.4" Dell for travel.
>>> This would be mostly personal use, emailing, downloading pics from memory
>>> cards,  etc. I was initially interested in netbooks, until a helpful 
>>> salesman
>>> at Office  Depot told me that most of their customers who bought netbooks 
>>> had
>>> not been  satisfied because of limitations of the form factor.
>>>
>>> Now I'm considering a 12" HP that the salesman recommended. My biggest
>>> question is about the OS. I've stayed with various version of XP on all my
>>> computers. XP MCE on my desktop and laptop at home and XP Pro on the 
>>> desktops
>>> at my office. I just haven't had the need to switch to Vista and wanted 
>>> to
>>> stay with an OS I know and am comfortable with. I know Win 7 is just 
>>> around
>>> the corner, and Office Depot is offering a free upgrade to Win 7 on
>>> computers  that are bought now.
>>>
>>> My biggest question is whether the 64-bit Vista Home Premium that is on 
>>> the
>>> HP will run all the software I'm used to using. Photoshop Elements would
>>> be the  biggie. I seem to recall reading in the past that some 32-bit apps
>>> won't run on  64-bit Vista. Am I correct?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Greg
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