Save some money when Downgrading Vista to XP

[-REECE-]

Found this on Digg today and thought I'd share it because it's something I now plan on doing when I buy a new PC soon: http://gizmodo.com/5100456/people-buying-used-pcs-for-salvage-copies-of-windows-xp

 

[liquidcherry]

Like one of the comments on the post is saying, most of the computer come with an OEM Version of XP, therefore it is illegal to transfer it to another machine

But....who gives a "fudge"...

Cheers

Frank

 

[-REECE-]

Vista is crappy enough, I support illegal copies! (kidding lol)

I think I'll stick with XP until that new version comes out, whatever it's called. Hopefully Windows 7 isn't seven times as bad -- Vista certainly was

Like one of the comments on the post is saying, most of the computer come with an OEM Version of XP, therefore it is illegal to transfer it to another machine

But....who gives a "fudge"...

Cheers

Frank

 

[Rich]

I have 2 out of 3 running XP, Vista is pretty and has a few nice features but it seems like XP outperforms vista unless you have hella ram. I can't even play DOOM on vista...
Compatibility? What's that? :td:
Long live XP!

 

[Chef Patrick]

Wow that is extreme. I have never used Vista before, never will. I have 3 pcs running on XP in the house.

 

[Mike]

Old Laptop - XP Pro
New Laptop - Vista Premium

Difference: Vista looks cool but is an elephant in size as well as a memory hog and since i'm 120gigs worth of info into my drive, i'm reluctant to reformat to XP.

M.

 

[GF]

I think weblord would disagree with everyone here, he's still running Windows 98, right William?

:tu:

 

[kashif]

Using XP and Vista as a dual boot on my PC, never seen any problem with any of them.

 

[weblord]

yeah that's right stick with the old one.
i've talked with majority of computer shops here, imagine they don't know what win98 is? i guess i have to throw away my win95 ah collector's item.

oem license of vista here is P6,500 about U.S.$139

I think weblord would disagree with everyone here, he's still running Windows 98, right William?

:tu:

 

[bmugford]

How could anyone consider going from Vista to XP a "downgrade"? If anything it is an upgrade

Vista is crappy enough, I support illegal copies! (kidding lol)

I think I'll stick with XP until that new version comes out, whatever it's called. Hopefully Windows 7 isn't seven times as bad -- Vista certainly was