They are pushing those media ones bigtime. I have the HP "Lightscribe" software, so I guess I can do it (it came in the box with my computer). So much to learn still. . . I don't have anything to burn right now. And I don't have the card in the computer to get all of the tv or statellite or other stuff into it. Maybe that's why they didn't bother to install the Lightscribe--because I'd have to upgrade to even use it.

I've about finished the shopping (what a bitch, rounding up all of these bits in pieces in a couple of weeks that I took years to think over then accumulate). Now I'm doing the paperwork. I'm not completely in love with the HP yet, but the printer is fine (I replaced one boxy HP printer with another (faster) boxy HP printer) and the Epson scanner is much more versatile than my last one. No surprises there. With the Pavilion, I think it's just learning to get along with XP. My old Win2000Pro was stubborn but predictable.

SRS