Not long after I joined this group my comp broke down and the cost to repair it would have been exhorbitant, so I waited until I could afford this Fujitsu Siemens laptop. The operating system is Vista and I'm happy with it. What I do like about it is that I only have to press the power button when I want to switch it off. So now I'm back on the Internet I can begin to take an active role in this group....