Hi Vlk,

Now come on, I only said 54 UK pounds… don’t make MS look unreasonable :slight_smile:

And NO, this is not a box of parts (although it might be soon :o ) it’s a 1,500 euro off the shelf job :‘( :’(

Up to now, I’ve always had Compaq desktops and laptops… really nice machines (usually). In fact I’m still running and old presario and when I bought this new machine I thought I’d put it back to original config (Windows 95 etc<don’t laugh> ::slight_smile: ) … guess what, the old 333 P2 with 95 runs faster than the new 3.06 P4 with XP … go figure, are we really progressing!!!

Since Compaq went HP, I’ve tried the alternatives… this ‘thing’ (Medion) and Fujitsu-Siemens laptop.

Basically I’m convinced it’s the software writers that are to blame for all the problems :stuck_out_tongue: :wink: ;D

All except the Avast crew, of course :wink: