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Re: New Laptops
Over the past year we've bought about 30 or 40 laptops for users. Most newer HPs that come with Vista (or more recently Windows 7) do NOT provide XP drivers unless there is an XP OS option on the product. I.e. the product has both Vista and XP SKUs.
Meaning, if its not available with XP preinstalled, than they won't have drivers on their site. Now the kicker, you can use some XP drivers across models. HP does this with their EliteBooks, they'll have 3 dif versions, first two have XP option but the final doesn't yet they all share the same motherboard, network chipset, etc..
If you can, do some research on the model you are going to buy, see if its part of a line that has XP products on it.
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Computers? Too damn many of 'em. So much so that when they are saying "nice rack" they are talking 'bout my wife AND my servers. :P
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