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