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    Should I install XP or Vista on my M1710 ?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jamieuk23, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. jamieuk23

    jamieuk23 Notebook Geek

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    Hi I have this laptop with a 7950 GTX 512MB so I can only play Dx9 games.

    Would installing XP make it run a bit smother than vista which I am guessing uses a lot of memory and CPU ??
     
    jamieuk23, Jul 31, 2008
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  2. spajix

    spajix Notebook Geek

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    Yea it should
    I've never compared the 2 myself but I have heard that that does improve performance
     
    spajix, Jul 31, 2008
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    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Vista is good to go now, use that.
     
    atbnet, Jul 31, 2008
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    chelet Notebook Deity

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    Since the M1710 model was originally made to use XP, I'd use it with XP.
    Unless you do a lot of tweaks on Vista, it will use a lot more RAM than XP, so you'll have more free RAM for your games with XP.
     
    chelet, Aug 1, 2008
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