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    Switching to XP from Vista Business

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by swordfish01, Dec 27, 2007.

  1. swordfish01

    swordfish01 Notebook Consultant

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    Vista business is just not as impressive as I would like it to be...

    I have a dell 830d.

    I have installed XP on my desktop before and I believe i have all the drivers I will be needing...

    Is there anything else I should know?
     
    swordfish01, Dec 27, 2007
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    vengance_01 Notebook Deity

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    Just like a desktop. Be aware that your HD is set to run native SATA and not in IDE mode. Thus you will need drivers on a USB Floppy or slipstream into your install.
     
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    swordfish01 Notebook Consultant

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    I may just stick it out with vista busienss and upgrade my programs that are casuing the issues.

    I am running adobe creative suite CS1.. I need to upgrade to CS3 and all should be OK.
     
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    I would look into some tweaks as well. Vista is a pretty decent OS once you cut away alot of the excess fat ;)
     
    vengance_01, Dec 27, 2007
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    thanks. I'm loving my 830d, and was worried, but I have everything setup perfect right now and want to keep up to date with the latest in technology, ie. windows vista.

    I'll see about tweaking it.. i'll do a search here.
     
    swordfish01, Dec 27, 2007
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