Thanks for this thread that I have come to somewhat belatedly. I am a tiny boomer in a big boomer world here and for now am catching up on older games. In my personal quque I have: The Real Myst, Still Life, Syberia, House of 1000 Doors Family Secrets; my want list is: several Sherlock Homles, everything upcoming in the Last Crown-Dark Fall-and Shadow Tor groups , Old Tex Murphys, the new Tex Murphy, Rhiannon. I am way out of touch with hardware and for software have been happy with XP for years but if I read the thread correctly: when I upgrade I want to go with Windows 7 Pro 64bit and any of the hardware systems discussed. If I graduate to RPGs or current games, Win 7 Pro will hold me well. Did I understand this right?