| Pages in topic: < [1 2 3] | Buying a new computer and running WinXP on it - is it possible? Thread poster: Viktoria Gimbe
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| XP still available on new laptops | Sep 2, 2008 |
Honestly, I don't know how this discussion came about.
Viktoria made an assumption that XP is no longer available on new laptops, and everyone and his uncle start reinventing the wheel, suggesting to uninstall Vista and whatnot.
But in the first place, the assumption that you can't find a new XP laptop is WRONG.
There are lots of XP laptops still on the market! Samuel, you don't even have to buy it second hand. Eleni, you don't even have to go to brick-and-... See more Honestly, I don't know how this discussion came about.
Viktoria made an assumption that XP is no longer available on new laptops, and everyone and his uncle start reinventing the wheel, suggesting to uninstall Vista and whatnot.
But in the first place, the assumption that you can't find a new XP laptop is WRONG.
There are lots of XP laptops still on the market! Samuel, you don't even have to buy it second hand. Eleni, you don't even have to go to brick-and-mortar retailers, the availability online is greater by far:
http://www.dealtime.com/xFS?RST=PP-&SEO=laptops&KW=xp
http://www.nextag.com/xp-professional-laptop/zzukzB1z38--products-html
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_pc?url=node=493964,541966,565108&field-keywords=xp&x=0&y=0
http://www.bizrate.com/laptopcomputers/operating-system-compatibility--pc/refine__att--1__att1--more__att249--632-.html
Sure, it's interesting to discuss the intricacies of "uninstalling" Vista, but that's a separate case.
If we stick to the topic, the question initially raised is now officially a non-issue in my eyes... ▲ Collapse
| | | | Niraja Nanjundan (X) 
Local time: 15:23
German to English
Hi Viktoria,
I realise I'm joining in this discussion rather late, but I'm just about to buy a new PC myself and have been offered a Lenovo (by a computer dealer), "blank," so that I can install Windows XP and Office 2003 (which I much prefer to Vista) on it as well as my CAT tools (Trados and Wordfast).
I don't know if you've solved this issue yourself, but you could try Lenovo too, if you like. That said, I live in India and sometimes we get things on the electronics ... See more Hi Viktoria,
I realise I'm joining in this discussion rather late, but I'm just about to buy a new PC myself and have been offered a Lenovo (by a computer dealer), "blank," so that I can install Windows XP and Office 2003 (which I much prefer to Vista) on it as well as my CAT tools (Trados and Wordfast).
I don't know if you've solved this issue yourself, but you could try Lenovo too, if you like. That said, I live in India and sometimes we get things on the electronics market here that you don't get elsewhere. Anyway, just thought I'd let you know...
Regards,
Niraja ▲ Collapse
| | | | Andrea Riffo
Chile
Local time: 05:53
English to Spanish
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Hi, Viktoria!
I don't know if it can be done in Canada, but here in Chile some retail companies sell brand PCs without OS (only DOS), so last year I bought a pretty powerful machine with Free DOS -which was also quite cheaper, since it didn't include OS- and loaded my own copy of XP Pro.
Greetings
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