Business Laptops with XP?

303-Acid · 22nd January 2008, 11:49 AM

Hey all,

Traditionally our executives have been given Sony Vaio's. Our corporate standard is Windows XP and we don't plan on changing that anytime soon. Sony do not provide any laptop with XP anymore. Apparently they do sell a XP driver cd, but they do not support XP on their new laptops.

What do you guys recommend for corporate exec laptops with XP these days?

Thanks in advance!

NSanity · 22nd January 2008, 11:54 AM

Dell Latitudes. D430 for ultraportables, D630 for Standard Users, D830 for Presentation/Pre-Sales.

XP Downgrade as standard.

ben_qld · 22nd January 2008, 12:10 PM

I think the Dell Vostros also support XP, as I saw the option there when I got my Vostro 1500. I could select Vista Business, or XP Pro.

Ben

woof · 22nd January 2008, 1:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 303-Acid

Hey all,

Traditionally our executives have been given Sony Vaio's. Our corporate standard is Windows XP and we don't plan on changing that anytime soon. Sony do not provide any laptop with XP anymore. Apparently they do sell a XP driver cd, but they do not support XP on their new laptops.

What do you guys recommend for corporate exec laptops with XP these days?

Thanks in advance!

Sony offer a downgrade for free. Many companies who sell them do as well.

303-Acid · 4th February 2008, 2:09 PM

We ended up going a sony vaio sz55. I found XP downgrade drivers at Sony Asia

22nd January 2008, 11:49 AM	#1
303-Acid Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Dandenong, Vic Posts: 795	Business Laptops with XP? Hey all, Traditionally our executives have been given Sony Vaio's. Our corporate standard is Windows XP and we don't plan on changing that anytime soon. Sony do not provide any laptop with XP anymore. Apparently they do sell a XP driver cd, but they do not support XP on their new laptops. What do you guys recommend for corporate exec laptops with XP these days? Thanks in advance! __________________ RIP: 1992 Mazda Familia GT-R [1.8l BPD Turbo @ 16psi] pc1: Dell Inspiron 1525 [Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.7GHz \| 3GB RAM \| 120GB HDD \| Intel X3100 \| Windows 7 Ultimate RTM] pc2: Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet [Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz \| 2GB RAM \| 80GB HDD \| Intel 945 Express \| Windows 7 Ultimate RTM]

22nd January 2008, 11:54 AM	#2
NSanity Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Melbourne, Vic Posts: 3,282	Dell Latitudes. D430 for ultraportables, D630 for Standard Users, D830 for Presentation/Pre-Sales. XP Downgrade as standard. __________________ -NSanity

4th February 2008, 2:09 PM	#5
303-Acid Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Dandenong, Vic Posts: 795	We ended up going a sony vaio sz55. I found XP downgrade drivers at Sony Asia __________________ RIP: 1992 Mazda Familia GT-R [1.8l BPD Turbo @ 16psi] pc1: Dell Inspiron 1525 [Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.7GHz \| 3GB RAM \| 120GB HDD \| Intel X3100 \| Windows 7 Ultimate RTM] pc2: Toshiba Portege M400 Tablet [Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83GHz \| 2GB RAM \| 80GB HDD \| Intel 945 Express \| Windows 7 Ultimate RTM]

22nd January 2008, 12:10 PM	#3
ben_qld Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 1,228	I think the Dell Vostros also support XP, as I saw the option there when I got my Vostro 1500. I could select Vista Business, or XP Pro. Ben