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Re: [LUG] Getting a Windows refund from Acer

 

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:27:06 +0000
Subscriptions <vivi.griffin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It came pre-installed with Vista and I tried it out briefly but,
> really didn't like it. What I wanted to do was dual boot Windows XP
> and Mandriva 2009, as I have some specialist software that only works
> under Windows. Funnily enough, Mandriva worked really well, even the 
> wireless.  However, installing Windows XP proved extremely difficult.

Nice to see the reverse for once - so many still think that Windows is
easy to install and everything else is hard. It just isn't true.

Installing any OS on any machine can be a challenge - pre-installing
hides so much of the hassle that nobody realises how difficult it can
still be to do.

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