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    window XP on gateway M-6864fx

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by xlawx, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. xlawx

    xlawx Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys i wanted to install window XP onto my current 6864 reason being is i find xp is more user friendly and not alot of games currently working with this 64 bit vista. has anyone actually install xp and got all the drivers to work? thanks for your help
     
  2. Micaiah

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    Check the 'Official' M-6864FX' thread, last page. I managed to get everything except ACPI related items working. The odd thing is, the gaming performance actually was worse with XP than Vista.