downgrade from Vista

charliewill

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A client gave me Acer Aspire 5720 laptop today, with the express instructions that: "Get rid of that &!@%!* Vista, and install a copy of XP please."

I laughed at the SINCERITY of his comment.

When I asked him what the problem with Vista was, he replied: "Just about everything. Nothing works - all the applications I used to use don't $!@$% work under Vista, and the $@%! is just a @%!^@* of a system."

Well, the funnies aside, does anyone know if this model Acer can run XP?
I told him that Acer are of the the few who have Vista-only BIOS's, and as such, it might be impossible to install XP on this laptop, so before I start, I thought I would ask if anyone here knows if you can install XP on this laptop.

The Acer website is not very helpful...
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebrew
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0) SLACR
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP35 DS3R
    Memory
    2 gigs G.Skill DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX 8600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T190 1440X900
    Screen Resolution
    1440X900
    Hard Drives
    2X Seagate 120 (OS's) IDE
    1X WD 750 SATA
    PSU
    Corsair HX520
    Case
    Coolmax el cheapo
    Cooling
    Rosewill HSF (soon to upgrade)
    Keyboard
    BTW low profile backlit/quiet key
Hi charliewill,

If the laptop has XP drivers available then yes you can downgrade, It would be nice to know what applications he is having issues with too so we can help you, help him address them.

Steven
 

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