Digital BW, The Print

Wow....Thanks for all the suggestions.  I really appreciate the flood of informed advice from people who do what I do and know what is needed.  

I'm still weighing my options.  I've not been unhappy with my old PC or WinXP, and fact they have worked well for me.  After 6 plus years, it got tired and probably overloaded with garbage.  I'm just a tad concerned about Vista 64 and whether my devices, drivers and software will all work well.  

I'm equally open to a Mac, but they are pricey and all my software is windows based, so that will add extra expense.  I'd also have to run WinXP on the Mac, at least until I gradually weaned myself to all Mac software.  

I may come back with more questions.  All other thoughts are welcome.

Regards, and thanks,

Lou Dina