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What vendors still stock windows xp laptops?

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  • 06-12-2007 6:03pm
    #1
    PhantomBeaker
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm looking to buy a laptop, and would like to shop around. The thing is, I have certain requirements, the main two being:

    * That it has windows xp installed, rather than vista. (I need windows for college, and I trust xp more than vista)
    * That it has an nvidia card (I'll be making a linux partition)

    I know I can go to Dell for this, but I'm wondering if there are any other companies that still ship with xp, and nvidia cards?

    Thanks,
    Aoife


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    Fabio
    Registered Users Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Fabio


    I was going to say Dell but you've already covered that...

    You could always wipe the laptop clean of Vista and put XP on yourself if it came to it.


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    #3
    PhantomBeaker
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭PhantomBeaker


    Yeah, I'd rather not do that, for a number of reasons. Least because I'd have to buy a copy of xp when I'd already paid for vista, which I just wouldn't want to use. Plus, I don't know if it's getting to the point that some drivers are only available for vista (I really don't know if that's the case yet, but I know a friend was advised against wiping vista for that reason).

    And I'd rather avoid Dell if at all possible (I had a friend who had bad experiences), but if it comes down to it, I'll probably use them.

    Thanks though, :)
    Aoife


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