Butch, All the Dells I have purchased, and I believe that's four, I pretty much told them what I needed and got it. I had a floppy drive and parallel plus serial ports and I don't remember what all, but they did it the way I wanted it. It would probably be worth a call to them to see what they have to offer. 73 Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:04 AM Subject: Re: computer shopping Well lets try this again. I should make sure the whole text is copied to the blipboard before closing and not saving the file. My sister who lives in Eastern Colorado is thinking of getting a new laptop and desktop Their present desktop is getting a little old and they had a near crash last week I helped them recover from, so she is thinking about upgrading to a desktop and laptop. I would assume she Will want windows 7 although I have never messed with that at all. If I'm talking main brand, such as Dell or HP, Can you get boards with parallel ports any more? Her printer is a parallel port, and I think they run quicken for their office books. Their printer is an Hp 960, and I looked around on line and couldn't even find out for sure if windows 7 drivers are available. Can you even get a board that will support a floppy any more? Can anyone briefly tell me what the difference between a Dell detention, studio desktop, or optiplex? I have a older dell Optiplex and like it. I guess I'm looking at Hp, or Dell, or could build my own, but I'd have to ship and that is another problem. The desktop is pretty much bisiness and should have an extra pci slot or two for adding a wireless network and so forth. The laptop is used mostly for photos, I don't she does much editing, but it should have a card reader. Any ideas, suggestions or comments are welcome. Sorry the first note didn't go through. 73s, Butch, Wa0VJR