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Post: Vista on a P3??

Alan Edwards

Vista on a P3?? 

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I hadn't realised the A110 was basically a P3 - no way would I run Vista on that!!

I have a P3-950 HP OmniBook 6000, with 1Gb RAM. It needed a reload, so I thought I'd bung Vista on it to see what it was like. It ran like an asthmatic three-legged donkey, not helped by the lack of Vista drivers for the ATI Rage (something) M graphics.

It still runs XP Pro quite nicely though - my Mum's getting it once I get round to putting XP on it again.

Looking at the picture, it's showing Flip-3D - I thought you couldn't do Aero Glass on a GMA-950?

Looks like a nice machine though, once you flatten it and put XP on, especially if that 6-hour battery life is on the stock battery. Screen's too low-res (and glossy) for me, but if you're after an ultra-portable...

Alan.