Re: install WinXP & Linux on XPS laptop?

"Mark" wrote:

"Timothy Daniels" wrote:
The Dell XPS laptops only come with Vista installed,
and there is no optional WinXP CD that I have found
to be offered by Dell.

1) Does anyone here know if all the drivers compatible
with WinXP are available somewhere?

XPS XP driver info is in this thread (read the whole thread):
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=193815


Thanks. That gives me confidence about installing WinXP.
I have an installation CD for the Academic version of WinXP Pro,
so getting the OS is not a problem - just the availability of drivers
for the XPS laptop worried me. Now, about the Ubuntu drivers....

*TimDaniels*


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