>>You guys have all convinced me. I am going to just transfer data files, and even have the luxury of some time (three weeks) to do so. The only other thing I need to do to the new laptop as shipped is uninstall Microsoft Works and McAfee ;-) (And install AVG).
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>We're still using an old Word97 copy I have. Still fulfils 99% of our domestic word processing needs. Really didn't like Word 2007. Now if only I could find my old copy of Wordstar :-)

You are not alone... a copy of Office97 runs with a few hiccups even with no install from USB stick...