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I just set up XP under BootCamp on the youngest's 17" C2D iMac, as his XBox is in the shop and he had some Windows games he wanted to play. MacDan --- On Sat, 6/20/09, LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: LarryT <l02tur...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 3:24 PM > The Toshiba Laptop I bought in late > march has Vista Ultimate. I have been trying to > install my copy of XP Home wince early April when I decided > the "improvements' MS made when creating Vista made it > impossible for me to live with Vista. Since then I > have been progresively moved up the Help Chain getting more > and more experienced (and less and less knowledgable) > "experts". None seem to know how to install XP onto a > SATA Hard drive - even the *new* 500GB HD I bought > specifically for this purpose. > > Absolutely no luck in getting XP running on a SATA HD - so > don;t believe the salespeople who tell you XP can be > installed easily. Even using nLight to integrate the drivers > into the XP install discs have not worked. Will try it > again just to be sure. I'm pretty computer literate > but when they start offering instructions it's like they are > speaking another language - one *they* don't understand > either.... > > I installed Vista in my new HD hoping it would be easier to > work with if it were installed with *my* specific wants > considered from the get-go. No such luck - > > I finally found out how to install XP as a second OS - but > it's not very easy to work with.... > > Not much fun so I've gone back to my Acer with XP Home.... > > Good luck - > LarryT 91 300D > > "How come the proposed > 'univ health care' > excludes congress?" > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Faeth" <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:16 PM > Subject: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW > > > > According to Redmond Magazine today, M$ will allow > buyers of "higher end" versions of Win 7 to downgrade to XP > at no extra charge. > > > > By Doug Barney > > Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine > > > > <http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828309:1060387>Windows > 7: You Can Go Back > > When Vista came out, many new users clamored for the > right to move back to XP. Unfortunately, going back wasn't > always easy and wasn't usually free. With that lesson in > mind, Microsoft <http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828310:1060387>just > announced that new Windows 7 customers will have a > year-and-a-half to move back down to XP or even Vista > (however, the plan only applies to high-end versions of > Windows 7). > > > > While this is a nice gesture, I think downgraders will > be few and far between -- maybe just those who depend on > that random app that Windows 7 chokes on. What would make > you want or need to go back to XP? And would there ever be a > reason to move from Windows 7 to Vista? Answers readily read > at dbar...@redmondmag.com. > > > > http://redmondmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2009/06/windows-7-you-can-go-back.aspx > > > > Personally, the more I use OSX, the more i like > it. No 64 bit migration problems. It has always > been 64 bit. > > > > > > Loren Faeth -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090619/f27eed77/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
