The XP you got with the old laptop was probably a 'branded' version, legal only on that specific laptop. A full version of the OS that could be installed anywhere would have cost a lot more.
Vista's fine; I'd get it with a new laptop. Only reason to stick with XP would be if you have hardware involved that doesn't yet have Vista drivers. On 9/1/07, Dan Blum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife's three year old Dell desktop got fried in lightning storm last week > so I'm replacing it. I'd prefer to keep XP, but at this point, everyone's > shipping with Vista. Two questions: ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
