we have no direct connect to AOL, Ebay and PayPal - we are using Internet Explorer for accessing all 3, but using Internet Explorer severally limits what we can do; as an example we are unable to submit contributions to The ChipGuide (a real bummer).

Local computer repair businesses do not want to support Windows Vista, so it's grin and bear it for the near future.

We do not backup anything on the computer, all backups are to a external hard drive (600GB) plus 6 finger (flash) drives of very high capaibilities (64GB higher)