I purchased a laptop from Dell before Xmas last year, and it is Vista approved. I decided on XP Pro as I thought Vista would have the problems you describe George. I haven't checked, but I would think Dell will still ship machines with XP installed. Take a look at http://www.dell.co.uk Cheers -- Andrew On Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:25 AM: George Bell wrote: > Personally speaking, I'd try and leave Vista alone for now, > and see if anyone has any laptops which are Vista approved, > but come with XP.=20 > > I have Vista on my system at home here, and wish I didn't > have to. And it's only on here because of some on-going > development work I do which needs to run with Vista. > > I've been almost 20 years working with Windows and > supporting it in one way or the other, but Vista just sucks. > > I'm just praying that it won't be too long before Microsoft > fix some of the bugs and annoyances and produce a Service > Pack for it. > > Otherwise, in the not too distant future, I swear this > system is likely to out through a first floor closed window > on to a stone patio. > > George Bell. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mandy > Sent: 15 April 2007 00:14 > To: access-Uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Vista. > > Hi. > > I'm thinking of buying a new laptop: price is a major > consideration and I know there was a lot of talk about > laptops last year - I want something as small as possible, I > am quite fond of my Toshiba so am wondering whether to stick > with that or to try something else. All the new models have > Vista is it best to go for one of those or just for a vista > capable model? > > Mandy. > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following > link:- > ** > [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on > the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq