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    Xp x64 o x86 on m17

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by londere, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. londere

    londere Notebook Enthusiast

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    i want to buy a alienware m17
    the specs are :
    quad core xtreme QX9300 2.53GHz
    dual 512 hd3870 ati graphics card
    4gb in ram
    1920x1200 display
    Internal Digital / Analog (ATSC) TV Tuner with Adapter
    8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
    Internal Intel® Ultimate N 5300 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card with MIMO Technology

    and my question is it can be downgraded to xp x64 or x86??
    thx for response
     
    londere, Jan 8, 2009
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    dont' think so, no. but you could always buy your own version of XP (x64, using x86 would be a bit daft) and install it afterwards.
     
    whizzo, Jan 8, 2009
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  3. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    yea you could get the xp 64 bit off new egg and dual boot good luck finding driver im sure there out there. id go ahead and get windows 7
     
    The_Moo™, Jan 8, 2009
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  4. londere

    londere Notebook Enthusiast

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    another point of view?
     
    londere, Jan 9, 2009
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  5. ChristmasGT

    ChristmasGT Notebook Consultant

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    I have a thread about this somewhere, I was able to get almost everything to work with XP64 but there was a LOT of PITA stuff. I never found drivers for the ACPI so some function keys wouldnt work

    XP64 is awesome and i'd love to use it, but apparently thats not going to happen with full drivers :(

    The important ones all work though (chipset, video, sound, wifi, etc)
     
    ChristmasGT, Jan 9, 2009
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  6. londere

    londere Notebook Enthusiast

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    londere, Jan 12, 2009
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  7. matt-helm

    matt-helm Notebook Consultant

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    I tried like hell to use vista 32 on my new M17 this weekend. I think it's the suck.

    I did some digging around this morning and found all the drivers at killernotebooks.com. I guess they sell the "Nagamaki" which is the same thing as the M17.

    I had to call support and do a little !@#$%^&ting to get a username and password to be able to download them. Such is life o_O


    Anyways.. I'm excited to benchmark this thing on xp pro x86. I was getting 13100's in vista32 with and without e-wrecked's drivers.

    From my understanding there ISN'T any acpi drivers for xp pro (yet) and you'll see 5 unknown devices in your device manager because of it.
     
    matt-helm, Jan 12, 2009
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