DR Ron Pulliam (who probably won't get to read this until Monday). Getting a new computer is loads of fun exploring and finding new things about the operating system. But it IS a major pain to get things to handshake in a nice way, and Vista isn't very nice with old equipment and old programs. It prefers things that are brand, shiny new. Stupid and irritating, but these places need to make money by selling new equipment periodically and I guess this is how they do it.