Quote Originally Posted by Canuck935
Is your current machine using XP or Vista? If XP, some software may have to be run in XP mode as mentioned above. If you are using Vista, it should all work on Win7. To be sure, go to Microsofts website and download the Windows 7 compatibility wizard. It will go through all your current programs and hardware and tell you what is/is not compatible.
More great info! Thank you all so much.

I'm running XP so I'll go get the compatibility guide now. I've decided to go with a HP machine. There are still a few things I'm investigating because I don't understand all of the new hardware yet. Also I have to go back and read info on monitors. The ones that come with the computer don't look so swift so I have to research monitors a bit more too.

Thank you all again!