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Originally Posted by Astrod00d
Thanks... I was thinking that the latest notebooks, particularly with the new Intel i-series processors, may have issues with XP...
Although HP are offering the 4520s with choice of XP or Win 7 Pro...
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No the problem isn't new hardware, it's getting drivers to run it from windows. If you can find one with an xp downgrade it may be a custom XP image with the required drivers embedded in the image. That HP you listed mentioned some conditions on line to qualify for the downgrade.
I wouldn't recomend getting a second hand obsolete laptop, it's upwards and onwards for PC's and again, I have no trouble at all with Win7 32 bit. In fact I now dread fixing old xp machines and the required driver search involved. Got one on the bench tonight and it's taken 3 hours to find and install all the stuff that just comes with win 7 ...