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    In dire need of an expert's opinion.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by eeekoi13, Nov 6, 2008.

  1. eeekoi13

    eeekoi13 Notebook Consultant

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    I recently bought an acer aspire 6935 notebook.

    Its components are the ff:
    2.4 centrino 2
    2 Gb RAM DDR3
    320 Gb HDD
    Geforce 9600 GT 512 Mb
    Windows Vista Premium

    I only have a very simple question: I would like to know if it's safe for me to change the OS to XP from Vista. Given the specs, the notebook is already very decent in performance but I have a very strong feeling that it will perform a whole lot better if I run it on XP.

    I also checked in acer driver support, they don't have XP drivers for my model. If anyone (knowledgeable) can help me in any way, I would appreciate it very much.

    Thanks for reading.
     
    eeekoi13, Nov 6, 2008
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  2. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    Are you having difficulty with Vista on the laptop? If it's running a bit sluggish, the first thing that comes to mind is to update the amount of RAM to 4 GB. It's relatively cheap these days to get memory anyway. You might be able to get a pair of 2 GB DDR3 sticks for under 75$ (USD) if you hunt around the web.

    If you still choose to go back to XP, you can get drivers from Windows Update, and the graphics drivers from NVidia's website.

    Edit: I'd say though to stick to Vista, and check that you have Service Pack 1 installed on it.
     
    dbam987, Nov 7, 2008
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    Make sure you have SP1 and that's all you need. A seven year old OS doesn't need to be on brand new hardware.
     
    atbnet, Nov 7, 2008
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  4. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Actually you can find 4gb's of RAM for under $40 now.

    And have you followed the Vista tweaks guide?
     
    Harper2.0, Nov 7, 2008
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  5. grasshopper

    grasshopper Notebook Consultant

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    why not just run a dual OS? see which one u like, and than delete the other. or just keep the 2 system.
     
    grasshopper, Nov 7, 2008
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  6. hax0rJimDuggan

    hax0rJimDuggan Notebook Deity

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    Stick with Vista. If you can update the memory that would be helpful, but otherwise I don't see a reason to backwards.
     
    hax0rJimDuggan, Nov 7, 2008
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  7. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    My expert opinion is that you need to write better thread titles.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Nov 7, 2008
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