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Re: [LUG] Getting a Windows refund from Acer

 

Neil Williams wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 

A couple of months ago I did a job for a friend who'd bought an Acer 
laptop with Vista.  This one had everything including the kitchen sink. 
    He didn't like Vista and wanted XP installing and suffice to say it 
was a real pain to get drivers.  I did eventually get English drivers 
for Windows XP, I just couldn't understand why Acer would make their 
customers jump through so many hoops to install XP.

IIRC I did try an Ubuntu Live CD and it worked first time.

Rob

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