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Downgrading laptop from Vista to XP? by asayogure 2009-03-23 15:18:02
Hello all,

When the end of production for XP was announced, I bought up a couple of extra copies of XP Pro for future use, because I loathe Vista with the heat of a white hot burning sun.

I am getting ready to buy a new ASUS laptop which is saddled with Vista. My question is, have any of you done this before, and run into any major problems? I know XP cannot support more than 4GB RAM under x86 32-bit. I also know that I will lose any built in support for specialized functions/software that comes pre-loaded on the system (ASUS systems usually come with recovery/driver disks, so I can always fall back to Vista, in a disaster).

Advice, wisdom, anecdotes?
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  Dude, that's an UPgrade! by RedIon2009-03-23 15:22:25
    [sigh] by asayogure2009-03-23 15:23:54
  You'll need chpset drivers for AHCI most likely. by themadkansan2009-03-23 15:45:48
    helpful tip, thanks! (n/t) by asayogure2009-03-23 15:46:30
      Found that one out the hard way. by themadkansan2009-03-23 15:55:49
  An anecdote: Plan on spending the day with your by kahuana2009-03-23 16:19:23
    This is why I love on-HD recovery partitions. by RedIon2009-03-23 16:26:47
      And when the HDD craters? by themadkansan2009-03-23 16:30:39
        I use the HD partition for recoveries, and have a by RedIon2009-03-23 16:44:44
          They can still get munched by themadkansan2009-03-23 16:57:56
      Most of the time was spent waiting *after* the DVD by kahuana2009-03-23 17:08:18
    Learn to live with Vista? o.O by asayogure2009-03-23 18:23:08
      just try it by Freakazoid2009-03-23 18:49:38
        Plus since SP1, it's become a lot easier to work by RedIon2009-03-23 18:55:13
          LIES! [shakefist-o-indignation] (n/t) by asayogure2009-03-23 20:50:24
        It is the built in DRM big brother bothering & ... by asayogure2009-03-23 20:50:00
          Well, I have some bad news regarding the price. by kahuana2009-03-23 20:58:34
            [sigh] I know by asayogure2009-03-23 21:09:29
  Find the drivers NOW! by firehawk2009-03-23 18:47:42
    Yeah, i know, it is a daunting task [sigh] (n/t) by asayogure2009-03-23 20:48:32

 

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