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    XP or Vista New M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by CajunCARTFan, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. CajunCARTFan

    CajunCARTFan Notebook Evangelist

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    Fixing to order a XPS M1730 with 8800's. Should I get XP or Vista on it?
     
    CajunCARTFan, Jan 30, 2008
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    Depends on what you want to do with it. ANy specific use?
     
    f4ding, Jan 30, 2008
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    Man I wish I had the money for one of those..

    And yea it depends...if you wanna play Crysis, and other games in DX10....go Vista.
     
    Dman7, Jan 30, 2008
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  4. CajunCARTFan

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    Strictly gaming. Some old FPS's too. New ones also.
     
    CajunCARTFan, Jan 30, 2008
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    With the m1730 with 8800's in sli, you probably would see negligible change with xp vs vista. With the beast that your getting, get Vista. You'll have no problems, basically :)
     
    bhattsan, Jan 30, 2008
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