Can I use XP and Vista machines together?

I use a Dell XP home machine at work which is fine for my needs.

I've got an old XP home laptop (Celeron) at home that's old and crippled, and I'd like to replace it. But I'm not sure I can find a new laptop with XP, and even if I could, I don't know if it's necessary.

I mean, is there any reason why I couldn't run Office Outlook and Word 2003 on both machines, and swap files and check email on both?

Are there any compatibility or other issues that require me to have both machines running the same OS?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

 

No problem there at all. You can run any system you like on either machine.

 

Thanks, man. Some people have told me that Vista ***** royally. Do you think it's worth paying up to $100 extra to get XP Pro on the laptop or can we survive Vista?

 

hi dkline, just a suggestion..why not try to do dual booting...vista and xp...for me vista is quite good..hehehe..

 

In my experience, definitely not. In my experience, it was XP that was awful, and Vista has run perfectly for nearly two years.