You will then have the option to upgrade to WIN8 and beyond, plus I have bbad thoughts about Vista.
Good Luck!

And was never particularly wonderful in the first place, despite it's widespread use. There's a reason many businesses and places liked xp so much. I would strongly recommend going with windows 7; there will be support for it far longer, and it's much more capable. It also has significant security improvements. If the choice was between windows 7 vs windows 8, that's a tougher choice. But windows vista vs windows 7? Definitely go with the latter.t

Only get Vista if the Laptop has a solid gold carry case.

That said, I'm waiting for 8/8.1 to die off before I replace my 5 yrs old thing, hoping the Win10 (they're skipping "9&quot will be on the "good" side (XP, 7).

(Psst, it really sounds like I know what I'm talking about, right?!1)

Avoid Vista or 8 like the plagues they are.

I bought a new Lenovo Windows 7 about 2 years ago, and I have been very happy with it.

Good luck!

I have been very happy with mine!

It's been very reliable.

before IBM pretty much got out of the consumer computer market?

Lenovo now makes their own, very good, computing machines. They also continue to make Thinkpads in accordance to IBM guidelines.

Lenovo got sold to the Chinese, but it's still a very good computer. My computer guy (who I trust more than most anybody!) recommended Lenovo to me.

as many said avoid Vista and 8. They both suck hard.

That is why so many hung onto WIN XP for so long.

It's outdated, buggy, and highly vulnerable to malware! Win7 is vastly superior in every respect, IMHO. Install Win7, and then work that machine into the ground, or until there's a new OS to replace Win8.* that works as well as WinXP did in its day.

I repeat--Vista was shitty; avoid it like Republicans.

My 2cts.