Well the new laptop arrived. I tried Ubuntu but it really wasn't having it. I suspect the new hardware is a little bit ahead of the makers of the Unix operating system and I may have another try when a new Ubuntu version comes out.
So having failed with three versions of Ubuntu I installed XP. No problems at all; I told it 18 times that I am not American, did 42 updates, added the drivers which came on a disc from the manufacturers - Novatech and off I went.
However the wireless network failed about every minute. I rang the nice people at Novatech and they asked me to post it back. They couldn't fix it either so they sent a replacement. Ubuntu still didn't like it so I now have a shiny new pooter running Windows XP.
XP has got more like Vista. They have seriously tightened up on the security - making it much harder to get on a network. The default workgroup seems to have changed from MSHOME to WORKGROUP - like on Vista - which is a potential pitfall. Anyway after more faffing than I was expecting, I have a machine on the internet, sharing files around the house.
The updates required to get Windows XP to a state of readiness are too long winded. I think it took 5 seperate updates to get Service Pack 2 and Internet Explorer 7, but not Media Player 10.
I am going to do some work with it now.
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