Installing a different OS on laptop?

[Lil' J]

Hi,

i bought a cheap laptop from staples that has 512meg ram with Windows Vista Basic. It's really really slow and was wondering if it be better if i installed XP on this?

The thing is i know laptops have different drivers, to be honest i have installed OS on loads of systems over the years but never on a laptop is there anything i need to check or do?

Where do i get drivers and programs such as the power usage or touch pad

Cheers

 

[Lil' J]

Thanks for your reply

Its a Fujitsu Siemens laptop, i'm doing this on behalf of a voluntary organisation, 2gb of ram for a laptop im feeling would be quite expensive however your right that me buying an xp license maybe same price so i'll look into it.