really dumb, n00b OS question.. regarding core2duo rig

Skree

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I feel like a 'tard asking this, but i've been out of computing for a while, and the last OS i used before buying this Vista laptop was Windows2k pro..

This laptop is: Core2Duo 1.73ghz, 2gb ram, ATi 1250 gfx, etc. It runs Vista Home Premium.

I've managed to avoid Windows XP largely on my PC's, BUT

Would i get the full functionality of this laptop using XP on it? I've heard Vista really slows down PCs and i'd like to see how fast this is with XP...

Dumb, i know.. but i dont know it so it has to be asked somewhere :p :D
 
i've got some.. um.. cut down versions of XP with a lot of the bloatware removed. I'm not much for hacked software but a mate of mine is, and he loves these cut down versions of stuff.. Might look at it, perhaps in combo with a new hd for the lappy - more capacity and speed :D

God this new stuff is confuzin... AMD64's are real 64bit... but Intels are 32bit cpu's that support 64bit instructions? WTF? eh? :confused:
 
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Skree said:
i've got some.. um.. cut down versions of XP with a lot of the bloatware removed. I'm not much for hacked software but a mate of mine is, and he loves these cut down versions of stuff.. Might look at it, perhaps in combo with a new hd for the lappy - more capacity and speed :D

God this new stuff is confuzin... AMD64's are real 64bit... but Intels are 32bit cpu's that support 64bit instructions? WTF? eh? :confused:
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both amd64's and intel core 2 duo have all the 32 bit instructions and the x86_64 ones, the intel itaniums where the only ones which where 64 bit only (ia64 i think?) but that was dropped because x86_64 is more convinient.
 
The trouble with laptops is that frequently they only have drivers for the OS with which it shipped. A friend wanted me to put XP on his Toshiba which came with Vista Home Premium and I was unable to do so since there were no graphics drivers available for it that would work with XP.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
The trouble with laptops is that frequently they only have drivers for the OS with which it shipped. A friend wanted me to put XP on his Toshiba which came with Vista Home Premium and I was unable to do so since there were no graphics drivers available for it that would work with XP.
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true dat. I'm betting there will be drivers available for this one, I'm sure this model has been shipped with xp, but ty for the heads up, i'll def check BEFORE launching into it.. lol
 
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