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09-08-2007, 09:23 PM
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have to buy a new laptop how "relaible" is dual booting xp/vista?
I know it can be done. I know about the drivers issues but will it really run OK or is it just cheaper to by new software for vista and say fuck it.
I run a lot of 3D programs and I'm guessing they WON'T work on vistatrash. any input is good. I need a new laptop in about a month. PS: Assume I don't understand anyhting and make it simple... (LOL - Ok I'm a little slow on formating and all, make it simple) Thanks in advance. |
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09-08-2007, 09:25 PM
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duh, I forgot to spellcheck in time. My bad.
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09-08-2007, 09:37 PM
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Many applications doesnt's work at the xp speed and vista is still full of bugs.
You can make a dual booting operating system but you will have problems if you have windows vista preinstalled and the producer will not provide xp drivers. For example I bought a Sony Vaio 2 months ago with Vista Home premium preinstalled and 1 of my applications doesn't work on Vista. I had to install windows xp, only that I had 1 majour problem, all the drivers were for vista, and no XP support. I had to look for others Sony Vaio models and see what fit for mine.
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09-08-2007, 09:56 PM
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I'm running a dual operating system with XP/Vista right now. When you buy/order your new laptop, make sure you get the 32bit Vista OS, with backwards compatible system drivers. When you do a clean install of XP, install ALL the XP drivers as well, don't rely on the Vista drivers to run XP for you- they most likely WON'T. A lot of the software isn't vista compatible yet- or I should say, Vista reliable. Maybe in another year, so running a dual boot is worth it in the interim- what you sacrifice in speed, you gain in stability.
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09-08-2007, 11:57 PM
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I dual booted some time back, Vista fucked the XP partition, but some people I know have no problems.
What I am saying is that don't rely on a system that is booting Vista / XP together. I have 2 drives, 1 Vista, 1 XP - Most BIOS will allow you to F8 (before the OS starts) and select your boot device. I also don't save any data on either OS devices, I save all data on an external 500GB and back this up to a file server every night. Vista still sucks but the pro's outway the cons! |
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09-09-2007, 12:06 AM
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09-09-2007, 02:05 AM
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Good Luck!
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