Sorry, but that is not correct. Most of the PC's sold today have XP on them. You can still get XP on new PC's until Jan 2008. It is not customer demand that is prolonging this. It is the computer manufacturers who do not like the incompatibilities of Vista with their PC's. You may have to search a bit and maybe whine a little, but it can be installed. I just bought a new PC for the office and it has XP Pro on it with a coupon for a Vista upgrade which mysteriously fell in the trash can... I took the attached picture a few minutes ago on the Dell site (Please do not take this as an endorsement for Dell. I do not recommend Dell to anyone in any shape or form).Thanks - unfortunately most of the new computers being sold have vista on them and I figure quite a few SDer's have it too. Just as long as my dive computer isn't based on any version of Windows I'll be happy
What's your favorite Linux variant?
Ubuntu is a solid distro. Debian based, but with a lot of nice tools. Plus, it is updated every 6 months or so, uses APT for updates (That one application is worth its weight in gold!) and has a solid support site. Plus, they will actually ship you the install DVD or CD's FREE...
Your thought of a Windows O/S dive computer gives me the willies... ~shudder~
"We cannot tell you your depth and N2 exposure until you install these three patches... ...and while they are installing here are some important pop-up ads from Expedia.com"