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For all of us who still hate Vista #252320 12/30/07 01:09 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,354 Likes: 4 New York hbiss Member
hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,354 Likes: 4 New York	There looks like there may be some hope . It looks like M$ and manufacturers might be getting the message. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

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Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252321 12/30/07 01:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 Beachwood	Hal, while that link is from September, I did just get a laptop with XP last month. For Dell anyway, you have to get a Small business laptop. It's actually better though, because tech support is in America From what I hear though, June 08 is the last date to buy XP. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252322 12/30/07 01:54 PM
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hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,354 Likes: 4 New York	Yeah, I was looking at Dell laptops too and saw that. Problem is in this business we need a laptop with a serial port and the only one Dell makes is a rugged $2300 one (forgot the model), perfect for the field. The high cost versus the fact that I really have to act on this to still get XP Pro is driving me nuts. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252323 12/30/07 03:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 Beachwood jeffmoss26 Member
jeffmoss26 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 9,429 Likes: 3 Beachwood	Hal, my Latitude D530 has a real serial port. With XP pro, Core 2 Duo 2GHZ, 120GB hd, 1GB RAM, it was only 1000 bucks. The D530, D531, D630 all have serial ports. The newer Vostros do not. Jeff Moss Moss Communications Computer Repair-Networking-Cabling MBSWWYPBX, JGAE

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252324 12/30/07 04:27 PM
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hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,354 Likes: 4 New York	Hmmm, gotta look at that. I did go through several looking for serial ports but I didn't see any. Then I just did a seach for "serial port" and the ones I was talking about were the only ones to come up. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252325 12/30/07 04:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,768 Mt. Sidney, Va. CMDL_GUY Member
CMDL_GUY Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,768 Mt. Sidney, Va.	I have had very good luck with USB to serial converters.

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252326 12/30/07 05:46 PM
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hbiss Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 12,354 Likes: 4 New York	Which one Larry? I've heard conflicting stories. -Hal CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNING: Some comments made by me are known to the State of California to cause irreversible brain damage and serious mental disorders leading to confinement.

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252327 12/31/07 12:51 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,155 Likes: 5 Gainesville, FL, USA nfcphoneman Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi
nfcphoneman Moderator-Vertical, Vodavi Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,155 Likes: 5 Gainesville, FL, USA	Hal, Have you looked at the Durabooks? They still have serial ports and you can still get XP. I've had one for about 6 months. So far, so good. https://www.gowin.com/cgi-jsp/index.jsp -Larry Gainesville Telephone Systems Jacksonville Telephone Systems

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252328 12/31/07 12:57 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,768 Mt. Sidney, Va. CMDL_GUY Member
CMDL_GUY Member Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 6,768 Mt. Sidney, Va.	This is the one I use. I have it running 24/7 for SMDR using a Dell with sever 2003. I also use it for programming on several different PC's running Win2K SP4. Programming with Samsung OSM, Comdial VMMI and Hyperterminal.

Re: For all of us who still hate Vista #252329 12/31/07 01:15 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,059 Likes: 6 NYC Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling
Silversam Moderator-1A2, Cabling Joined: May 2007 Posts: 5,059 Likes: 6 NYC	Hal - When my Temple upgraded to a new Dell, we needed one - it was hooked up to a box called a "Phone Tree". It was like a modem, but called everybody on a list supplied by a database and played them a message. Well, the long and the short of it was that it didn't work and we had to get a serial port on a card (shades of 1985). So I would say that it's going to be hit or miss, depending on the device. Sam "Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"

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