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Article #543811Re: sitting here in the abandoned brain
From: ~misfit~
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:35
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:35
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Kinlaw wrote: > "EvilBill" <quake2lives@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:gpke5d$c9i$1@news.motzarella.org... >> Kinlaw wrote: >>>> No kidding! While I'm likely to have a new PC by then, I'd say >>>> it's 95% likely that the first thing I'll DO with a new PC is wipe >>>> Vista off and replace it with XP! ;) >>> >>> I would not count on being able to do that. (wanting to do that, >>> really) Better to build your own rig, or configure one somewhere online >>> with a raw hard drive. >> >> Well Dell still offer a downgrade to XP, which they wouldn't if it >> didn't work I'm guessing. It's just cheaper to do it myself ;) > > I'm not doubting you, Evil One, I have just heard from some people > who tried to go down from Vista to XP that it was problematic. That is usually because, for some newer machines, there aren't device drivers released for XP by the manufacturer. However, some companies (like Dell) still write drivers for XP so can still offer a 'downgrade'. > What they are proably talking about is just installing XP to begin > with and the "downgrade" is just a matter of wording. That is, I > don't think they are talking about first installing Vista then wiping > the machine and installing XP. > > Just my two piasters worth. Hmmm, what's that in real money? ;-) -- Shaun. "Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.
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