"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.08.19.02.29.35.990973@zianet.com...
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:48:07 -0700, schafferde wrote:
>
>> I don't suppose this will be allowed to stay on here, but I have to vent.
>> I
>> got Vista with my new Dell computer, and so far, I have had to replace 4
>> programs that don't run on vista, and for which the companies "don't plan
>> any
>> upgrades in the near future". This has cost me a lot of money that I
>> don't
>> have. The computer was a large expense for me, and now it is getting
>> rediculous. I am now looking unsuccessfully for a simple photo editing
>> software program that will run that has the features my old program had,
>> and
>> I am very frustrated. Knowing what I know now, I would have never had
>> Vista,
>> and would have paid extra to have XP put on my new computer. Thank you
>> for
>> letting me vent.
>
> FYI - DELL now sells new compters with xp installed. They even have
> several models with Ubuntu Linux installed.

You may want to contact Dell, and see if they can furnish XP
to you. Explain the situation, and tell them you didn't know what
you were getting into. I think they'd rather keep a customer...

Curtis