Corrosion. Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I have a vista home basic machine with 2gb ram 2ghz intel proc.... Aside from the obvious (illegal) way is there a cheap/free way to free to downgrade into xp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 buy a copy of XP and reformat? You will need a copy of XP either way, that part isn't cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmay313 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 why spend money on something that is soon going away? spend money on a new proc and more mem or even better yet a new machine. then you can run vista! although i would upgrade to ultimate and x64. runs great on my quad Q with 8 gig of ram, a mobo that runs stock at 1066 FSB and dual ATI cards runnig in crossfire. ok so really if you want cheap run linux its FREE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 ive used vista and cant stand it so i dont blame you for wanting to switch. my suggestion is to run a good linux distro and download some kind of windows emulation so you can run windows programs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion. Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Its a new laptop.... its a bit more stable than my acer (bad motherboard after a year :/) but this one has a gig more of ram so I'm guessing thats why.... Anyway until I pay this off no upgrades lol. I know that xp would run real smooth on 2gigs of ram, I've never honestly used a pc with that much ram until I got my laptop and never seen that much on xp. I know xp to run well on just 512mb so 2gb would be nice... I've thought of linux although I worry about hardware/software issues. I like reactos but its no where near stable enough to run day to day. I know I can always buy xp but cant afford it atm, i've got a good year worth a payments left on this laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 im running 3 gigs of ram and xp and the operating system will still be crap after 6 months. It just windows so dont bother downgrading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 perhaps contact the manufacturer and let them know that you want or wanted xp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion. Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 I didn't buy it directly from them tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGRIM Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 I'm not sure what the Law is regarding "downgrading" i.e. is it just open to OEM System Builders? Having spoken with Microsoft (having done downgrades for customers) they have told me to use ANY XP CoA Personally I am finding Vista ok, most of the problems I had have settled down. At home I am running Vista Ultimate x64 on 4GB of RAM and at work I am running Vista Business again on 4GB of RAM, previously I was running Vista Business on 2GB of RAM and it was quite sluggish and I can see why it has had a lot of bad press... given the choice of downgrading OS or upgrading RAM I would take the RAM option I am always tickled by people who rush out and install the "latest" software and then moan about problems they have with bugs etc ;) I think the "I hate Vista" bandwagon is a little unjustified now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Stick with Vista and throw in some more memory, you will be fine that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3N Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 i have a laptop that has vista and after i tweaked it a little to make it more usable it works fine as a laptop.... Plus there is the learning factor involved... vista will one day surpass xp as time goes on. Its just a matter of time. Like holding onto windows 2000... Best to just get used to vista. Tweak your system to not use the visual effects and it will run alot faster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion. Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 I know that sp2 or so and we'll be doing real good, I think my laptop only supports 3gb of ram but I have to double check that, But Its not all that bad with the 2gb it has, my last had only 1gb and that was hell! (no sp at that point tho either) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I know that sp2 or so and we'll be doing real good, I think my laptop only supports 3gb of ram but I have to double check that, But Its not all that bad with the 2gb it has, my last had only 1gb and that was hell! (no sp at that point tho either) The max a 32bit OS can use is 3.3GB of RAM, unless you've gone 64Bit your not missing out on much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion. Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 Yeh its just vista home basic so thats good.... I'll have to see how much the ram'll set me back.. I'm still paying on the laptop so it may have to wait, thanx for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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