New Laptop

[Mike Dyble]

I think my old toshiba laptop is finally ready to be retired. Is it still possible to get a laptop with a genuine serial port and a parallel port? If so where do I start looking. (I am based in the UK) I am looking to keep expenditure to a minimum! Other than the serial and parallel ports I have no other specific requirements. Would prefer one with no OS installed as I have a valid XP licence on my existing unit and I would reuse this (No point in paying for a copy of Vista that i am not going to use) Thanks Mike

[Nathan]

Search is your friend. This topic comes up all the time...And a lot more similar posts on PLCTalk. The discussion about "Real serial ports", "USB serial adapters", "Vista", and "Virtualization/VMWare" is pretty much the same every time around. http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopi...0&hl=laptop http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopi...7&hl=laptop http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopi...4&hl=laptop http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopic=11642&hl= http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.ph...t=laptop+serial Older, but still say basically the same thing... http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopic=5444&hl= http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?showtopic=2505&hl=