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    Can you run windows vista on a L502X?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by maheshpatel, Nov 5, 2011.

  1. maheshpatel

    maheshpatel Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering if i can run windows vista 64 bit on a L502X. As you can see, it don't have a specific drivers on dell website. Has anybody already running it?
     
    maheshpatel, Nov 5, 2011
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    think most windows vista and windows 7 drivers are interchangeable... though why you'd want to run vista over 7 I dunno :S
     
    Jon vMagic, Nov 5, 2011
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    maheshpatel Notebook Consultant

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    I have never used Windows vista in my life. :frown: Few weeks earlier i installed Windows 8 along with windows 7 and now i'm little fed up with it. So, I thought i could format windows 8 and give a try to windows vista.
     
    maheshpatel, Nov 5, 2011
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    wow, don't do that. Vista is such a mess... W7 is much better and faster
     
    virusak, Nov 5, 2011
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    If I recall correctly, Optimus won't work on Windows Vista.
     
    namaiki, Nov 5, 2011
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    trust me ... u goona get much more fed up with vista... :D
     
    gull_s_777, Nov 7, 2011
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    Just go back to Win 7. Windows 7 is what Vista SHOULD have been, Vista was more of a buy-in beta OS than an end-user ready OS.
     
    madmattd, Nov 9, 2011
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    I don't know why you would get "fed up" with win7...and then propose to go to vista, which gotten the most complaints i heard in a while. as a person, who had vista for 2 years...don't do it.
     
    darkchaos057, Nov 9, 2011
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