Returning laptop for XP

I've noticed on Dell's website that their Inspiron 6400's are now being offered with the customer's choice of XP or Vista. When I purchased mine about 3 weeks ago, I didn't have this choice and currently I am not a fan of Vista. Do you guys think Dell will send me a copy of the XP recovery CD (I'm guessing there is an XP recovery CD as there was a Vista recovery CD that came with my laptop).

Does anyone know what is the best way to go about this?

Thanks!

 

I believe you only get one included Windows license per laptop.

 

Call them and firmly ask for a XP Recovery Disk with drivers and that you will return your copy of Vista to them. If they tell you no, then send back the system and place another order for a system with XP.

You have 30 days to return a system and you do have a legitimate reason, it's called Vista.

 

A vista license and an XP one are two different things, you cant legally just switch between the 2, your COA is for vista, and it cant be changed its issued when the laptop is first built, and is permenantly tied to that machine, you CAN buy a copy of XP and install it, but legally, you cant just format and install a dell copy of XP.

The search function can be your friend,
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=116362

What exactly is it that your having difficulty with in Vista? its improved significantly over launch, and for most average users I now reccomend them getting it.

 

I guess my girlfriend is not used to it, the security pop-up warnings are annoying and it's a bit slower than XP (even when doing simple browsing).

 

Plus she also using a lot of Japanese language programs that hasn't been compatible with Vista yet.

 

For the annoying pop up messages, turn off UAC at Control Panel, User Accounts, (User name), Turn on/off UAC. I admit, it is a tad annoying but soon your girlfriend will somehow be used to it.

For the japanese language programs, try compatibility mode. Right click the program icon, select properties, and select compatibility.

 

I'm actually way happier with Vista than I ever was with XP.

If you ask me, it seems to run a tad faster. Explorer.exe has never become exploder.exe either. Where as on XP it seems to die atleast once every other day no matter what hardware configuration or length of install.