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    p-6860 xp downgrade

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hzahreb05, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. hzahreb05

    hzahreb05 Notebook Guru

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    I bought my gateway p-6860 from best buy yesterday. :)
    Just several questions:
    1. it has 512 gdd3, right?
    2. where do i find xp drivers (i found them once on the forum,but lost them and cannot find them now. lol) and will 64-bit xp be ok for this machine?

    Thanks,

    Grishka
     
    hzahreb05, Jul 3, 2008
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  2. ryo1000

    ryo1000 Notebook Deity

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    ryo1000, Jul 3, 2008
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  3. KGann

    KGann NBR Themesong Writer

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    No need to double post.
     
    KGann, Jul 3, 2008
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    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    I wouldn't consider XP a downgrade by any means. The x64 version does give you the extra ram, but also comes with my compatibility issues with software. XP32 still sees 3.2-.3.3GB, that's still most of it.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Jul 4, 2008
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    dojibear Newbie

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    I see that other threads have detailed instructions for switching to XP. One question, should I buy XP home edition or XP Professional edition? If either would work, I'll just get the home one.
     
    dojibear, Jul 4, 2008
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