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27th March 2008, 11:26 AM #1Notebook Consultant
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Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
Ive been thinking of installing XP on my 1530 laptop. If I do, Id leave Vista too for daily use (and XP for games)... is this a good idea or not worth it? Ive heard some people have perfromance issues on XP, and Im mainly doing this to get better performance. Im playing games up to the level of Crysis. TIA!
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27th March 2008, 11:33 AM #2Notebook Enthusiast
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
I believe XP on my m1330 would fly, but I have decided to go Vista for learning purposes.
If you do not need to "learn" the OS, do a clean install of XP (single boot) and you will be better off.
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27th March 2008, 11:34 AM #3Wise One
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
sure..........
and you can set up a dual boot and if you don't like it, just remove XP...........
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27th March 2008, 11:34 AM #4can i haz haswell?
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
YES! FTW!!!Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
EDIT: Spam aside, the general sentiment is that XP still does provide a faster gaming experience than Vista, even with all the DX10 stuff going on. I don't know if all the 1530 XP driver issues have been worked out yet, but if they have there isn't any reason not to try getting an XP installation worked out. If you wanted to do things the "right" way, you could just as well do the dual boot as see which OS actually DOES give you better performance at your desired settings and simply wipe the other partition when you see fit.Last edited by Commander Wolf; 27th March 2008 at 11:37 AM.
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27th March 2008, 12:14 PM #5Notebook Guru
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
I have my system dual boot vista/xp and surprisingly I find myself logging into xp very rarely.
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27th March 2008, 12:16 PM #6Notebook Consultant
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
I like Vista, really neat and some cool features.
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27th March 2008, 01:00 PM #7Notebook Consultant
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
How does dual boot work? do you have to choose which os you want to boot from every time you turn on the laptop? Can anyone else add from their experience if performance increased? thanks!
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27th March 2008, 01:01 PM #81 hr late but moving fast
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
Do a google search for xp vista dual boot. You'll find all the info you can possibly need, to include how the boot loader works.
If you have a problem, do everyone a huge favor: post the exact error message. Don't abbreviate or paraphrase.
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27th March 2008, 02:53 PM #9Yes I am better than you!
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
I much prefer Vista myself too. So much that since my Eee PC won't run it the way I want it to, I've got my Eee XP installation to look like Vista.
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28th March 2008, 02:42 PM #10Notebook Virtuoso
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Re: Is WINXP worth installing on a XPS 1530?
What about for those of us that don't do any gaming? (gasp!
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Are we better off with XP or Vista?
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