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    Dual OS: XP + Vista in one laptop (or PC)

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by explorer, Nov 14, 2008.

  1. explorer

    explorer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone here has this setup? Please share your bad experience (if there is any) please.

    My laptop is currently running at 32-bit Vista Home Premium and I got excited when I just found an Ebay power seller selling hundreds of genuine XP Pro at a bargain price (around £48.0 including P&P). I want to use the XP Pro because of the 64-bit support.

    Here's the current hardware setup of my laptop:

    Acer TravelMate 6292
    Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0Ghz
    800Mhz FSB, 4MB cache
    358MB Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator x1300
    2 GB DDR2 (4GB max)
    160GB HDD (partitioned to C = 80GB and D = 80GB)

    I don't want surprises....so please share your bad experiences. Thanks in advance.
     
    explorer, Nov 14, 2008
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    with partitions, this should be absolutely no problem.
     
    whizzo, Nov 14, 2008
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  3. explorer

    explorer Notebook Enthusiast

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    whizzo, thank you very much for the quick reply.
     
    explorer, Nov 14, 2008
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