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    Downgrading studio 16s from Windows 7 to XP x64

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by seoulless, Sep 12, 2010.

  1. seoulless

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    Just out of curiosity, has anyone downgraded their Studio 16s from Windows 7 to XP x64? Is it even possible?
     
    seoulless, Sep 12, 2010
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    Of course it's possible, people have done it. It's just that there isn't some of the driver support for it so you have to hunt around a bit.
     
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    I remember back in the day there was a driver package and PDF instructions for downgrading the XPS m1530 to XP x64. Has anyone done that for the XPS 16?
     
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    anyone? I think I want to go ahead and get the ball rolling on this ahead of time in case it's something I want to do.
     
    seoulless, Sep 13, 2010
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    What are you missing from Windows 7 that you are getting in Windows XP x64, apart from horrible support?
     
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    I'm one of those people stuck in his ways and who lives by "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

    I had XP x64 on my M1530 and it ran incredibly compared to vista 32. I'm on a different computer now, waiting for my M1530 to be replaced, and it's on 7 x64. I'm really not all that impressed.

    It COULD be the crapware, and I plan in doing a clean install of windows 7 to see if that's the case. But I just wan't to cover my bases.
     
    seoulless, Sep 13, 2010
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