[calvin-c]

Bob, not sure where you're at but I'm curious-are there any brick & mortar stores anywhere that still sell PC's with XP 'off the shelf'?

[valis]

Originally Posted by Bob Cerelli

Yes, if you want a laptop with XP, many major manufacturers are supplying laptops with XP. Not difficult to find at all. Don't even need the risk of getting one one e-bay without disks. You can get them with full warranty, disks, the size hard drive you want, amount of memory you want, screen size, DVD options etc.

that's what I meant; sorry about saying 'vendors'......friday, brain checked out about 3 hours ago.....the only manufacturer I know of is dell; which other ones do you know of?

I don't mind dell for business purposes, but I'm not that fond of them for home usage due to problems with customer service in the past. So when some people come to me for pc help outside of work (or the forums), I generally like to give good advice, and the only place I know that is selling xp now is dell......if you know of a way to get xp shipped on an hp, I'd love to know how.

And if not hp, which manufacturers do you recommend?

not trying to morph it into anything, just trying to get info to help clients on my end.

thanks,

v

[Bob Cerelli]

Generally when wanting information on a vendor's products, a good place to start is with the vendor.

For specifics on computers stores in your area that may or may not provide XP, you would need to check with them as well.

[Noyb]

Originally Posted by valis

...if you know of a way to get xp shipped on an hp, I'd love to know how.

http://forums.techguy.org/5562610-post24.html

[Noyb]

AND ... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...&v1=Windows+XP

[valis]

thanks noyb, we aren't looking for refurb, though.....got it bookmarked in case someone needs it, though.....

what I was looking for was an answer to bob's statement regarding "many major manufacturers are supplying laptops with XP."

Specifically, which manufacturers outside of dell does he know of that are shipping xp these days. Always better to buy from the manufacturer than ebay, as you can get the extended warranty that way.

not that I ever get those, but it's still a nice option to turn down.

v

[valis]

Originally Posted by Noyb

AND ... http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...&v1=Windows+XP

now THAT will work....thanks, noyb.....

[Bob Cerelli]

See......as stated earlier, there are major manufacturers (not stores like Circuit City), where you can still get XP. Hope that if finally put to rest. Much of the information was provided earlier in this thread.

And I just hope that if you search around Houston, you can find local people that can provide it as well. Always nice to deal person to person when possible.

[valis]

gave them a call, and they said they just introduced that line, and it's the ONLY line they carry, and it was an executive decision due to all the sales being lost by people that wanted xp, not vista....pretty decent rig, for the price, IMO.....now I know where to send people.....

thanks again for the help, noyb......dunno how you found it, as they aren't even built yet, but you got the hookup, big fella.

[valis]

Originally Posted by Bob Cerelli

See......as stated earlier, there are major manufacturers (not stores like Circuit City), where you can still get XP.

yup.

Thanks again, noyb, for the answer.

[Noyb]

You owe me one .. ..
If you ever get to Abilene with a digital camera and some spare time .. let me know.

[valis]

Originally Posted by Noyb

You owe me one .. ..
If you ever get to Abilene with a digital camera and some spare time .. let me know.

with those quantifiers, not entirely sure I WANT to get to abilene......

we were about halfway there last week for our anniversary, hit Fredricksburg....nice little place.....

but if I get the chance to hit abilene (and we've got branches up there, so you never know), I'll make sure to bring a camera.

thanks again, noyb.....

[jonmcc33]

Originally Posted by TechB

What happens if it doesn't uninstall? If you have been involved in the beta and participating in the beta newsgroups then you would know this is a fairly common occurance. Whatever you call it - beta, pre-release, whatever, it is not officially supported. If something goes wrong you are on your own. On my test computer when the SP1 RTM is released I plan to restore from an image I took before any of the SP1 betas were installed then install SP1. This is the only way to ensure a clean install of the RTM with no beta remnants in the system.

It uninstalls without a problem. Go to Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features to uninstall it. I've already done it before on my D400 laptop.

In regards to lack of support it seems like there's plenty here at Microsoft's forums: http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...1992&SiteID=17

Your solution to install SP1 RTM is rather extreme. I've had no problems with my D400 laptop after uninstalling SP1 RC.

[TechB]

jonmcc33 - As has been pointed out we are way off topic. If you want to continue please start another thread.

[jonmcc33]

Originally Posted by TechB

jonmcc33 - As has been pointed out we are way off topic. If you want to continue please start another thread.

Oh, sorry. I was just responding to your OT post. No thanks on the new thread, my point has been made clear.