Comments on: Installing Windows XP on Wal-Mart Pre-Black Friday Laptops http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html Blogger, Actor, Author, Podcaster Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RustlinOz http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html/comment-page-1#comment-9446 RustlinOz Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:53:05 +0000 http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html#comment-9446 I also bought an Acer 5315, preloaded with Vista, Dec 07. I doubled RAM to max and even then Windows Explorer took 4 minutes to arrive (and that was without any applications installed, just raw Vista.) Then gave to a guru to load XP Home, he had some trials with it. No WiFi to start with but another guru fixed that with a driver from Acer-europe. What bugged me about the Acer was that bloating "Acer Power Programming???" and Vista's bells+whistles. Now my beast is due for a reload of XP and I do not have the technical know how so many of you have. I think I'll just slash my wrists and bleed into the keyboard, maybe blood will help!! I also bought an Acer 5315, preloaded with Vista, Dec 07.
I doubled RAM to max and even then Windows Explorer took 4 minutes to arrive (and that was without any applications installed, just raw Vista.) Then gave to a guru to load XP Home, he had some trials with it. No WiFi to start with but another guru fixed that with a driver from Acer-europe.
What bugged me about the Acer was that bloating “Acer Power Programming???” and Vista’s bells+whistles. Now my beast is due for a reload of XP and I do not have the technical know how so many of you have. I think I’ll just slash my wrists and bleed into the keyboard, maybe blood will help!!

]]> By: Matt http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html/comment-page-1#comment-3418 Matt Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:06:35 +0000 http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html#comment-3418 My new PC has Vista, and I'm pretty unimpressed. The damned UAC box irritates the heck out of me, and it has a nasty habit of slowing down to a crawl and then speeding up again. Add to that the incompatibility with some of my old hardware, and it's a recipe for disaster. I have a second Dell machine with XP running, just in case I need to do anything complicated. ::LOL:: My new PC has Vista, and I’m pretty unimpressed. The damned UAC box irritates the heck out of me, and it has a nasty habit of slowing down to a crawl and then speeding up again. Add to that the incompatibility with some of my old hardware, and it’s a recipe for disaster.

I have a second Dell machine with XP running, just in case I need to do anything complicated. ::LOL::

]]> By: Troy http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html/comment-page-1#comment-3417 Troy Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:11:32 +0000 http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html#comment-3417 I didn't mind the look of Vista, it was the performance. I had purchased the Acer since it was pretty much the same computer processing power as I had in my Dell desktop from 2004. I then upgraded the laptop to 2 gigs, which should habe been VERY comparable. But the thing took forever to start up, and then when I tried to run Castblaster (an audio ap) the processor couldn't keep up and choked on the audio. And then I tried a game which should run ultra-smooth since it was so old (Starcraft) and it was one of the slowest at the LAN party behind machines with only 512 ram! Now that I have downgraded, it seems much more fast and stable and I have used it more in the past week than I have from November - beginning of April. :) Acer isn't the BEST computer you can get on the block, it is kind of like an upgrade to eMachine's. It's good for me since it was the $350 special, and I didn't want t spend a small fortune for a top-of-the-line laptop that I just want to do some audio and writing on. If I could, I would definitely get something a little better (maybe an integrated webcam , more HD space, DVD burner) but for $350 it really isn't too bad. :) I didn’t mind the look of Vista, it was the performance. I had purchased the Acer since it was pretty much the same computer processing power as I had in my Dell desktop from 2004. I then upgraded the laptop to 2 gigs, which should habe been VERY comparable.

But the thing took forever to start up, and then when I tried to run Castblaster (an audio ap) the processor couldn’t keep up and choked on the audio. And then I tried a game which should run ultra-smooth since it was so old (Starcraft) and it was one of the slowest at the LAN party behind machines with only 512 ram!

Now that I have downgraded, it seems much more fast and stable and I have used it more in the past week than I have from November – beginning of April. :)

Acer isn’t the BEST computer you can get on the block, it is kind of like an upgrade to eMachine’s. It’s good for me since it was the $350 special, and I didn’t want t spend a small fortune for a top-of-the-line laptop that I just want to do some audio and writing on.

If I could, I would definitely get something a little better (maybe an integrated webcam , more HD space, DVD burner) but for $350 it really isn’t too bad. :)

]]> By: Carla http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html/comment-page-1#comment-3416 Carla Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:07:29 +0000 http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html#comment-3416 I held off going to Vista for quite awhile because of all the negative feedback, but now that I do have it I love it. What is it that turns you off from Vista? Another question, does Acer actually have decent computers? My very first computer was an Acer. It was such a piece of crap that I swore never again. I held off going to Vista for quite awhile because of all the negative feedback, but now that I do have it I love it.

What is it that turns you off from Vista?

Another question, does Acer actually have decent computers? My very first computer was an Acer. It was such a piece of crap that I swore never again.

]]> By: Matt http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html/comment-page-1#comment-3388 Matt Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:02:30 +0000 http://www.troyrutter.com/2008/04/20/installing-windows-xp-on-wal-mart-pre-black-friday-laptops.html#comment-3388 So you were trying to use Castblaster? I almost thought that RR #66 was on the way!!! ;) Hope all is well. Matt So you were trying to use Castblaster? I almost thought that RR #66 was on the way!!! ;)

Hope all is well.

Matt

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