That is actually not true because XP came out more than stable. If you want to know, the new service pack (3) for XP makes the Windows a lot faster and reliable and the new service pack (1) coming out for Vista does not improve anything at all (except some lag caused by the sidebar).
Can someone give me some advice on how to downgrade without buying XP. I was told new Vista machines were offered the option to downgrade but I never found an answer. I want to go to XP on my new notebook.
Can't downgrade because Vista sets a lock on it. You have to go buy WinXP in store, and activate it over the phone!
Yeah, I had to downgrade. I ended up with Windows Server 2003 which is similar to XP. I really hope they do something about this.
You have to format. If you have a friend who's into computer do it for you, you should be golden. Make sure you back everything up first. And also make sure you have your hands on a legal version of XP. It's useless without SP2.
There are many reasons to downgrade, for example I just don't want to learn another OS as everything is dfferent. Plus tons of old and new hardware is not compatible yet. I want the same OS on all my computers. Vista may work fine but man I wish I had XP on my new notebook. Speaking of making XP look like Vista is there any way of making Vista look and feel much more like XP? I want my old control panel back. That would solve some of my problems.
I installed vista on my computer, but decided that it was lagging a little and yes, I have performed a downgrade to windows xp.
It takes 1 week to get used to it, after that it's better than XP. You really should give it a chance. The only reason to downgrade is if your hardware is insufficient.
I gave it 4 months. It was a horrible experience. I also feel that my hardware is good enough - and that any OS should not need to chomp up more than 512 MB RAM (I have 768 MB RAM).