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It's going to be their big OS for 5 years... they're going to/ALREADY HAVE fixed most problems right? Especially is I'm running it on 4GB of ran and a core 2 duo 2.5?
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pumA wrote:It's going to be their big OS for 5 years... they're going to/ALREADY HAVE fixed most problems right? Especially is I'm running it on 4GB of ran and a core 2 duo 2.5? MS released Service Pack 3 for XP yesterday. It was a week delayed because of last minute snags they hit regarding compatibility. MS hardly ever gets anything right the first time. And consider what XP would looks like on those specifications. *wipes tear of joy*
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But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do.
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Vista isn't that bad. If you are getting a computer with less than 2gb of RAM XP would perform better though.
 
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pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;)
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mcgillguy88 wrote:pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;) Can I do this online? Or do I have to call them?
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pumA wrote:It's going to be their big OS for 5 years... they're going to/ALREADY HAVE fixed most problems right? Especially is I'm running it on 4GB of ran and a core 2 duo 2.5? Windows 7 (Microsoft's next OS) is supposed to come out in 2010.
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pumA wrote:mcgillguy88 wrote:pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;) Can I do this online? Or do I have to call them? Call, I think.
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mcgillguy88 wrote:pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;) y botter downgrade? dual boot is better. i have my comp with xp and vista. however, i find myself using vista 99% of the time.(Cause it looks nice) so vista isnt so bad after you've some tweaking.
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DracoLi wrote:mcgillguy88 wrote:pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;) y botter downgrade? dual boot is better. i have my comp with xp and vista. however, i find myself using vista 99% of the time.(Cause it looks nice) so vista isnt so bad after you've some tweaking. Wouldn't you need two copies for the dual boot? Or can you install multiple copies with a single CD, then downgrade one?
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It's called bittorrent =]
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mcgillguy88 wrote:DracoLi wrote:mcgillguy88 wrote:pumA wrote:But I can't GET xp on the dell I want... and its by far the best and cheapest for those specs.. so ionno what to do. Oh yes you can. You get Vista and downgrade to XP. MS will call this a Vista sale on their sheets and show everyone how popular Vista is, but we know the truth! ;) y botter downgrade? dual boot is better. i have my comp with xp and vista. however, i find myself using vista 99% of the time.(Cause it looks nice) so vista isnt so bad after you've some tweaking. Wouldn't you need two copies for the dual boot? Or can you install multiple copies with a single CD, then downgrade one? yeah you need both. Just grab the xp from your old laptop, or pc.
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