Hi & Thanks to all who responded

I was waiting for the 'official' Dell support response before coming
back to the newsgroup. I contacted them on the 25th July - today the
response arrived.

My name is xxxx and I have gone through your mail. Accordingly,
I understand that the system was shipped with French version
of the operating system.

I find that you want the English version of the operating system.

This has to be mentioned while ordering the system.

And since the system out of warranty we wont be able ship the
cd.

You will have to purchase the cd from the outside software market.

About as much use as a chocolate teapot!
Also contradicts what Dell software sales people said - in that they
would be ever so happy to sell me a copy of WinXP - but wanted about
£160 + VAT for it...

Is there any advantage in purchasing the CD from Dell - would it be a
'customised' version with the Dell drivers - or is it just as good to
shop around for a standard retail copy ?

I did look at the existing setup to see if it supports MUI's.
It appears to allow different languages, has all the drop-down lists
etc - but they don't make any difference at all to the way the
software appears - it seems to be solidly 'stuck' in French mode....

What's a Dell Latitude C600 (model PP01L) worth ?
Is it worth spending money on ??

Thanks all for your help & comments so far

Adrian
Suffolk UK