Brian wrote: > "Julian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> Possibly not, but why use Vista? >> We are still specifying machines to be delivered with XP as Vista is >> just to resource hungry for its own good, well that and its not got >> past SP1 yet. >> >> Dell have started to offer XP again after going for Vista in a big >> way, wonder why? > > > They were offering XP when I sent the details of the machine I needed > to replace mine to the insurance company, a week later when I got the > OK they had dropped the offer, I bought the computer with Vista and > now XP is available again.
You can keep Vista. There's no way I'm going down that path. For one thing, Vista bu**ers up the COM ports, which means it wouldn't talk to my GPS (walking one, not car one). Seen plenty of unhappy Vista people on the Magellen groups... Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
