|
I replaced Vista with XP. Finding drivers from Acer's site was a bitch, but luckily some Google work got me the links I needed. I used a custom XP cd to install. I'd say pretty much all the usual components needed drivers, XP couldn't recognize much at all. And yes, the laptop-specific hot keys don't work without the bloatware, but I didn't use them anyway. I opted not to install any of that Acer stuff. I did not delete Acer's recovery partition though, in case I ever want to reinstall Vista from that partition for whatever reason.
It is fast. Vista took more than 30 seconds to shutdown, XP takes 5. Vista took minutes to boot to desktop with everything loaded... XP is ready for use under 20 seconds from pressing the power button. I've crammed all the usual software into it, tens of gigs of apps, and it shows no sign of slowing down.
I could not be happier. I do miss some of Vista's features, but this is just so much better. What's the point of buying a fast dual-processor computer and have it perform slower than the P4 desktop?
Thanks for your help guys.
__________________
Who is John Galt?
|