Joe, two special applications I need for my work don't operate in the Linux universe. And I can't change vendors of those applications or go to "equivalent applications", for economic and/or practical reasons too great to go into here.

And GUEST,Jon, I thank you, thank you, thank you. Even though it will be more expensive to buy Windows 7, and the change will be greatly involved, I see now that I MUST change the OS.

My question is answered.

Dave Oesterreich