My sister, a complete computer newbie with absolutely no knowledge of how they work or why except how to save a Word document at the office, went and ordered one from Dell last month so she can get email when she retires later this year.
They sent her one with a Vista OS and what she is finding out is the almost no one can help her do the most minimal of tasks -- friends who know about XP can't assist and even her new high speed internet provider says they do not support the Vista system. The put the cable modem in and that was it.
However, she told me today that, BTW, they sent her an XP disc with the computer!! I'm planning on calling Dell for her and see if the XP system version can be installed. Do I want a dual boot or should I just have the Vista OS un-installed and run only XP? Comments anyone?
If possible, run XP instead. Trust me.
...and yes, I do have a PC with Vista.