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    Dell Vista To XP

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Tom22, Aug 12, 2007.

  1. Tom22

    Tom22 Newbie

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    I was wundering, when you buy a Dell laptop which is in Windows Vista, is it possibel to install "downgrade" to Windows XP without any problems? :confused:

    p.s I was thinking on buying a Dell Vostro 1500
     
  2. Waveblade

    Waveblade Notebook Deity

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    Considering the 1500 can be configured with XP, I suppose you could.
     
  3. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    There are tons of threads about installing XP on machines that came with Vista. I suggest reading them.