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    7805/1 with xp or win7

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Lionblade, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. Lionblade

    Lionblade Notebook Enthusiast

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    Bottom line. Don't wanna use Vista. So I started the process of slipstreamin and dlin drivers for xp... but I would rather use win7 if I could. For those that have it. Any problems? Heard from a friend that display drivers aren't out.

    Edit: I'm already in the beta. Just need to know if theres compatibility issues.
     
    Lionblade, Feb 11, 2009
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    I used 7 pre beta, you can just use the windows video drivers. There aren't many software compatibility issues worth taking note of.
     
    idiotpilot, Feb 11, 2009
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    Sounds good but can anyone else atest to it? How are games and apps and such? Like.. do windows vista drivers generally work with windows 7?
     
    Lionblade, Feb 11, 2009
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    All working for me, Windows 7.
     
    Kazeari, Feb 11, 2009
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    I have both :)

    7 works great, no problems here.

    Can't comment on the games compatibility though, I use XP for games :)
     
    AGlobalThreatsK, Feb 11, 2009
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