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    Downgrading Aspire to XP, how hard?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Trainman, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. Trainman

    Trainman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Or can it even be done? Up here in the Great White North, only the Travelmate is available from Acer with XP, somewhat limiting my selection to replace my Aspire 2001.

    I want to keep my options open, so if it is not too hard to get rid of Vista and replace with XP Pro, I can be looking at the Aspire line as well.

    Thanks,

    Tman
     
    Trainman, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Look on the Acer website and see what models come with both Vista and XP drivers. If there's drivers for XP for a certain model that comes with Vista from the store, you can be sure that you will have no trouble running XP on it.
     
    adinu, Nov 21, 2007
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    Thanks, looks like lots of the Vista only machines have XP drivers available. That is good (but also makes the selection process harder :cool: ).
     
    Trainman, Nov 22, 2007
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