hey thunderhead1,
I got my XPS M1330 3 days ago, pre-installed with Vista Ultimate and i set up dual boot by installing XP onto separate partition. works fine. had to disable SATA support in BIOS but no issues so far and Vista works well to date.
You CAN install XP after Vista without too many issues (other than the obvious hunting down XP drivers). still have to sort camera driver yet.
Got help from APC site. http://www.apcstart.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
cheers
Hello everyone,
I have ordered a Dell XPS M1330 laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium as the operating system.
I am a student and will be predominantly using the notebook for campus related activities. My university does not fully support Windows Vista, so I will have to downgrade my operating system to Windows XP Professional with SP2.
A genuine, academically licensed version of Windows XP Professional will be provided by the university. However, with all the news I'm hearing about Windows Vista, I want to know about the potential problems that I will be faced with in doing the same (hardware/driver issues and the like...).
Is there an easy way to make the transition?
Thanks in advance for the help. If there's more information needed from me, I will be glad to provide the same.

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