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    Finally Got my XPS what should I do?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by kwon182, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. kwon182

    kwon182 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    After thinking about the macbook and the xps m1530, I finally took the great deals available and got the xps.

    It is a great notebook, my screen seems to be fine and the build quality seems perfect as of now. (Don't want to jinx anything)

    I was wondering, is there a list of things I should do? except downgrading to xp.

    thanks...
     
    kwon182, Jul 23, 2008
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    basskiddanny Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd say don't downgrade to XP.

    Get a Vista Disc and do a fresh installation of it, it should run like lightening lol.
     
    basskiddanny, Jul 23, 2008
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  3. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Cin', Jul 23, 2008
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    kwon182 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thank you.
     
    kwon182, Jul 23, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    I would probably reformat to clean it up and just keep Vista. Then install your programs and enjoy!
     
    atbnet, Jul 23, 2008
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    Vista with SP1 will bring the performance straight up to XP SP2. Even for gaming. As a bonus you'll get better security and fancy looking UI.
     
    cfoo, Jul 23, 2008
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    kenv202 Notebook Guru

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    what shoudl u DO!? Pop in Crysis and Assasins Creed and get cracking THAT"S WHAT!! goooo m1530 =P
     
    kenv202, Jul 24, 2008
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    First thing I did was to install Vista 64.
     
    imzomnia, Jul 24, 2008
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    does anyone know how to get the dell dock back?
    i reformatted and downloaded the driver for the dell dock from the dell website. but it says that its for an upgrade or something and it just won't install.
     
    kwon182, Jul 24, 2008
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    DFI Fan, Jul 24, 2008
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