What Does It Take to Get a PC With XP?
PC World reporter Christopher Null tried to buy a computer with Windows XP preinstalled on it from the United States’ nine biggest PC makers. His findings: You can get one, but be prepared to fib.
The biggest issue with “downgrading”, in our opinion? Before trying (on your own) to replace a factory install of Vista with a retail copy of Windows XP, make sure that there are Windows XP drivers available for all of the hardware in your machine. The first place to look would be the computer manufacturer’s website. If you don’t find everything you need there, you could run a program like SIW to positively identify all of your hardware. Once you have identified the hardware you can try to get drivers from the hardware manufacturer(s)…