"Alias" <> wrote in message
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> DennisC wrote:
>> I think a lot of people would be willing to send their HDs to
>> someplace and have Vista removed and XP installed. I know I would be
>> one of the first customers. I am not techie enough to do it myself but
>> would sure like to be able do find a place to have it done.
>>
>> While it was gone I could use my old XP machine (which gets used for
>> about 60% of my work) until I got it back and then I would have a nice
>> new power machine running XP Pro SP3 which with 4 times the RAM and a
>> much better processor then my old box would really scream. Right now,
>> for surfing, I use the old XP box because it more stable and actually
>> faster.
>>
>> Oh well, I can dream.
>
> People would have to send their computers, not just the hard drives. If
> you want to go back to XP, you will have to find out if your hardware is
> Vista only or not. IOW, no XP drivers, no can do. Take your computer to a
> local computer shop, not Wal Mart or Best Buy, and have them do it for
> you.
>
> Alias
>
Or you could take your computer to Alias and while you wern;t looking, he
would wipe out Vista and XP and install Ubuntu on your machine. Then you
would be royally screwed.
Just FYI
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