Greetings Ed!   
      
    EV>> Would Windows 7 work good on both of those PCs?   
      
    RW>> There's an easy way to find out. If you have the W7 install   
    RW>> discs, the first thing that W7 does is run an evaluation of   
    RW>> your PC. If your PC is compatable, then W7 will go ahead and   
    RW>> install. If not, then W7 will suggest that you upgrade/fix what   
    RW>> is needed to have a successfull install.   
      
    EV> Thanks, but I haven't bought W7 so I can't try your suggestion.   
      
    EV> From other comments made it seems to me that this HP a1430n may   
    EV> do O.K. unless I have a situation like Yours where W7 didn't like   
    EV> some hardware in this pc as happened to You.   
      
   I would think highly of a laptop that one could find a new W7 driver for   
   its hardware. Right now the likelyhood of that happening for my Dell   
   'Inspiron' laptop to anything but the scrap heap is too good for it.   
      
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
            R\%/itt - K5RXT   
      
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