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essayons
11-21-2007, 04:36 AM
Everywhere I look online I see laptops loaded with Vista, but I'm not ready to deal with Vista - and besides, this laptop's for my son, who will dump the thing in my lap anyway if it gives him any trouble.
I haven't gone out to any b&m stores yet to see if I can get a laptop loaded with XP - I'm hoping it is possible, though.
Can anybody recommend my best bet for a store that would be able to sell me an XP laptop?

Rick
11-21-2007, 04:07 PM
One way is to find one you like

Then visit the manufacturers web site and make sure they have the XP driver support
Chipset being the most important in this case,
Other devices drivers should also be there as well.
But if not then check out the video makers site for XP support
same for the other devices. modem,network, and so on

Then buy it with vista installed and wipe the drive
Buy an OEM copy of XP and install it

A few companies still laptops with XP but what I have seen to-date is all out dated hardware and driver support is lacking on a number of them