Linda, You don't have to have Vista. You can still purchase XP Pro and install it yourself, or have your computer man install it. I hate Vista. My cousin has it, and it doesn't work like XP. I did up some labels for her and Vista couldn't handle the format - at least she couldn't open the document which was created in Word. Mary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of linda sterner Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:25 PM To: pa dutch list Subject: [PD-LIFE] let`s have coffee I like the idea of all of us sitting down and having a cup of coffee together!! Guess I better get up and make a cup before I continue on here!!! My computer got a power surge. So....after work yesterday I stopped by Staples and came home with a new computer. I hated the idea of having to get Vista. I just loved my Windows XP...but, you know what....it isn`t bad at all....so far!!!! On saturday, I have someone coming to take the hard drive out of my old one and plug it into my new one...hopefully, I will be able to get my pictures and anything else out of it!!!! Thousands and thousands of my pictures that I never took the time to back up!!! ~~~Linda~~~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message