[TomGuy]

primo printers running on my XP

I was looking at some ads for new Win7 computers (laptop & desktop). One thing I noticed was that many of them no longer have parallel ports. Instead, everything is USB.

My b/w laser printer is parallel. That means an additional $12-15 to buy a parallel-to-usb -- assuming the ole Minolta PagePro would even work with Win7.

I had to replace nearly all peripherals -- printer, scanner, etc. -- when I upgraded from Win98 to XP. I don't intend to do that again -- since I mainly use the computer for home computing, Internet surfing, occasional letters, etc.

[rabscuttle385]

I was looking at some ads for new Win7 computers (laptop & desktop). One thing I noticed was that many of them no longer have parallel ports. Instead, everything is USB.

What ads were you looking at?

Most "consumer"-grade equipment no longer have serial or parallel ports, but a lot of "business"-grade equipment does. Try Newegg or Micro Center, the latter if you have one in your area.