Take a look at ZT at Costco Online.  Both my wife and I are using 
them and are very happy.  We have had Dells forever, but couldn't 
pass up ZT.  It has lifetime 24-7 support and is a U.S. company with 
U.S. technical assistance.

Dave


At 11:04 PM 5/17/2010, you wrote:
>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