| Marian,
my DS's computer crashed during spring break of this year. Its a long saga, but it was decided that we'd buy him a new laptop to finish up his freshman year since repairs could take up to 6 weeks. So he went back with a new laptop running Vista. It did create problems for him as many programs he was required to use were not yet supported by Vista. So he's hobbled together a working system, using school computers when he has to, but he's able to write papers, do on line stuff etc on his own laptop. I understand that really computer savy students run dual operating systems. I don't know if my DS figured out how to run dual opertaing systems but he knew it was an option. (He'll be home at the end of the week and I can update you further on how its worked for him - I don't want to bother him now cuz he seems really stressed by finals). When he first returned to school his biggest disappointment was that Itunes would not work with Vista. I'm not sure if that issue has been solved. |