In most cases it is possible to overwrite the preloaded OS and install one
of your choice. When you do so however, ensure that you have all the
relevant drivers with you beforehand. Obtaining appropriate drivers can turn
out to be a major problem.
Also, laptops sold by certain companies such as HP cannot be downgraded to
XP. If you wish to downgrade your laptop to XP, ensure that you enquire
about it before you buy.
Geetha
----- Original Message -----
From: "Subramani L" <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:14 PM
Subject: [AI] Laptop OS
In connection with laptops, I would like to know one more thing: if a
laptop is preloaded with an oS --say Vista-- is it difficult to replace
it with XP? Some folks say it is nearly impossible since the laptop is
configured specially for that OS. What's your view on this?
Subramani
-----Original Message-----
From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in
[mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Arvind
Bhartiya
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 4:01 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] personal views on dell vostro 1510 laptop
dell has one more with xp. i recently got dell vostro 1600 with xp home
loaded.
On 1/7/09, ruchir falodiya <ruchir.falod...@gmail.com> wrote:
greetings accessindians!
i'd like to share this small story of buying a laptop with you all so
that, any1 of you who is going to buy a desktop or a laptop can keep
few points in mind before making final decisions
recently, my dad needed to buy a laptop ( because i've taken his intel
centrino for my use so he felt pretty lonely without his laptop )
i wished to go with him and shop my self, but my studies and exams
wont let me do that.
first, despite he being in delhi, i sent him all the way to indore to
buy it, because the venders there are in close contact with me.
note: always check back with 4/5 venders before reaching to any
conclusion.
this vender was a very good friend of mine, so i told him what my dad
or, i, in future needs from the new box i want to pick.
strangely, i've came to know, that the manufacturers, in hope to
promote windows vista, has disabled IDE( integrated digital
electronics ) port for accessing hard drive.
sadly, windows xp uses this port and vista uses something else ( which
i cant recall now)
i've found this problam with hp, soni, compaq, and honestly, i'm
pretty sad to see this microsoft's monopoly to promote an operating
system, which is not as good as xp.
at last, i've found with his help, that dell vostro's 1 model still
have its bios unmodified.
although being my friend, i double checked on internet about whatever
he is saying is true or not( always remember to double check venders
words on internet!)
he was right, so we ended up buying a dell vostro 1510.
i extended the provided ram from 2 to 3 gb for better performance, and
after that, it costed me around rs. 43000
the specifications are as follows.
intel cor 2 duo
2.0ghz
250 sata hdd at 7000 rpm's
combo DVD player
firewire port for connecting the laptop to other displays ( projectors
for example)
bluetuth 2.0
lan, and wireless.
the display is somewhere around 15 inches and it ways around 2.78 kg's
i'm not sure about many of its exact specifications because dell have
various flavers of vostro.
by the way, vostro is the corporate range of laptops from dell, which
strictly aims at better performance.
it have black appearance and the external looks arn't that attractive
as far as i can tell.
but internal processing speed and other things seems pretty good
so if you are searching for a fast, good performing, stable laptop
under rs. 50000, this could be of a look.
with regards,
ruchir.
--
As long as forever,
I will stay by your side,
I'll be your companion,
Your friend and your guide!!!
www.ruchir89.wordpress.com
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