Rachel

Thanks Malke and Bruce

I understand now about the whole downgrade thing. I'm going to buy a retail
pack of XP Pro and install that. I've got all the drivers I need so I'm
hoping it will go smoothly.

And you're right - it would have been easier to just buy a laptop with XP,
but for what I wanted, buying one with Vista and buying the XP pack
separately turns out cheaper in the end anyway.

Thanks again,
Rachel