[GreenKeys] Using HAL DSRTTY with a PC

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Packaged systems are mostly shipping with Vista, and the salesperson probably 
won't volunteer that you can have it with XP.  But I bought a new laptop from 
Gateway about 6 weeks ago and when I asked, he said sure, they could ship it 
with XP.  I don't recall whether you said who you bought it from or not but if 
it was a major or a local dealer, probably asking would get them to swap the 
OS to XP.

In a message dated 12/16/2007 12:48:22 AM Central Standard Time, 
drhouse at dls.net writes: 
> My son runs Mac OS 10.5.1 Leopard on his iMac.  He also runs Windows  
> XP Pro on the same machine.  Both his and his wife's HP Laptops run XP  
> Pro.  So far the university where he teaches and the high school where  
> she teaches are not planning on upgrading to Vista. I maintain the PCs  
> at our village hall and we are NOT going to upgrade either.   We spent  
> $15,000 on our village accounting software and it will not run on  
> Vista.   Methinks you have been brainwashed by Microsoft.  You can get  
> a PC pretty cheap and keep XP or 98 on it for your legacy programs.   
> Some of the HP PCs are so small you can tuck them into an old radio  
> cabinet.  Look on eBay for a seller with high numbers of positive  
> feedback.  You can get a good deal.
> 
> Good luck,
> Don
> K9TTY
> 
> 
> On 16 Dec 2007, at 12:08 AM, Ron Ott wrote:
> 
> Hi, Don. I'm not a Vista fan either. However, I've been looking at new  
> laptops and EVERYTHING comes with Vista now. XP is old hat and  
> becoming an antique.
> 
> I bought a new desktop PC about six months ago and it came with Vista  
> also. It's been sitting on the floor while I scratch my head, lots of  
> things didn't work with Vista at that time. With the number of PCs  
> coming with Vista today, things are better.  However, there is always  
> the problem of legacy software like DSRTTY and other specialty software.
> 
> I wish I had room for a couple PCs but my old one has to go sometime  
> and make room for the much faster new one.
> 
> I'm with you, but then again not!!
> 

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