Switching OSs on a G50V A1

I hope I'm in the right section here. Please excuse me if I have made a mistake.

I recently purchased an Asus G50V A1, and it rocks. The problem is, I bought it with the wrong OS, Vista. I am now attempting to fix this mistake by installing a copy of XP Pro 64bit. However, because of this, I don't know what drivers to download. The computer came with a drivers disk, but for Vista. I went to Asus's web page and while they don't list XP outright, they do have an 'other' drivers section. However, all I see are BIOS drivers. What can I do for all of the other things? I'd like to avoid going to 10 different places for drivers if at all possible.

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what I should do?

 

I would rather say XP 64bit IS WRONG OS
It is famous for lack of drivers
May you refrain if you can?

 

Well... to be honest, I'm not sure I like Vista though. I've heard bad things, and I'm quite used to XP.

Is XP 64 that bad? Should I go with 32? I thought with 32 I can't make use of all of my memory...

 

Yes, XP64 is that BAD.
What to do? I wouldn't rush with original OS (Vista in your case) and give it try for 2-3 weeks. It is never late to change it after you build up your personal opinion.
I do not share the idea of changing OS on just out of box NB.
JUST MARRIED

 

Vista won't be as bad as you hear it is. In my opinion... it could have been a lot BETTER.

 

I would advise XP32 instead of XP64, for the driver issues mentioned above. And you could surely give Vista a try.

As to the drivers for XP32, here they are: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3819988#post3819988

 

EBE, I looked at the link but I am afraid I am confused as to what I have to do. I have an XP CD, but when I try to install just using it, I blue-screen. I am assuming this is because of the 'slipstream' thing, but I am confused by that. I tried to use that program and clicked iaStor.inf, but it came up with a list of things and I did not know which one to pick.

Also, I don't know if that is all I need to do to the Windows install, or if I have to do something with those drivers listed as well. Any help would be appreciated, because I am completely stuck as to how to get this to work.

 

So you never even tried Vista and don't even want to give it a try just from word of mouth? Not a very intelligent thing to do. I also have the G50V-A1 with Vista 64. IThis is my first experience with vista and Have heard a ton of non-descript anti vista comments from many people. Now that I'm using it I have a completely different opinion of the people that spread this information without even using it.

So far Vista is a little harder to navigate than XP but I remember the same thing when switching from Win98 to XP. The good thing is that Windows is so customizable (and Vista) that you can try a bunch of things out to make it easier to navigate for your personal use.

 

There's really only one reason to still use XP on a brand-new high-end laptop, that is if you need software that is XP only which even then is pretty darn rare.

 

No, I did give it a shot for a week. After the week, I still didn't like it, so I switched.

I am happy to report almost everything is working now, except for my problem listed here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3917896#post3917896

I just didn't like it. Simple as that.