Swapping linux for windows

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by pmarchington, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. pmarchington

    pmarchington

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    I've managed to come to grips with the linux operating system but would still like to install windows.
    Is it possible to install windows xp on the 8Gig base model? I have already tried but keep getting the blue screen of death quite early in the installation. Failing this, is there a way of editing the home screen? It just seems a little too twee and unwealdy for me.
     
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    Can we have an FAQ entry for this, please ? :) This is the third time this question has been asked in the last 24 hours!

    The simple answer is: yes, in principle you can install XP on the 8GB model, but it will run like a dog because Windows does too much disk I/O for the relatively slow SSD. Acer sells a Windows AA1 with a hard disk and it has a hard disk for a good reason.

    There are many, many threads on this forum about changing the desktop. See this one for example:

    viewtopic.php?f=39&t=1612&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=switch+desktop
     
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    Sorry about that, should have looked a bit harder. Thanks for the link though, bud.
     
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