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timmygunz

12-17-2007, 04:09 PM

Hi,

I'm a Mac users, so I'm not too sure if this is possible or not...

Our small business runs all Mac, but our off-site accountant runs Windows. She just ordered a new computer and it has Vista pre-installed. Unfortunately, her version of Quickbooks is XP only and we don't want to pay $390 to upgrade to the Vista version.

We want to purchase a copy of XP so we can have her run all her programs on this new PC. Is it possible to have both XP and Vista running on the same system? If not, how hard is it to remove Vista and install XP?

Thanks

masherscf

12-17-2007, 04:31 PM

Hi,

I'm a Mac users, so I'm not too sure if this is possible or not...

Our small business runs all Mac, but our off-site accountant runs Windows. She just ordered a new computer and it has Vista pre-installed. Unfortunately, her version of Quickbooks is XP only and we don't want to pay $390 to upgrade to the Vista version.

We want to purchase a copy of XP so we can have her run all her programs on this new PC. Is it possible to have both XP and Vista running on the same system? If not, how hard is it to remove Vista and install XP?

Thanks

I should think that a dual booting system would be very easy to set up.

tokenuser

12-17-2007, 05:39 PM

We want to purchase a copy of XP so we can have her run all her programs on this new PC. Is it possible to have both XP and Vista running on the same system? If not, how hard is it to remove Vista and install XP?As a business system, I would not be concerned about dual booting - just install a clean version of XP and your accounting system on top of that. It will be a lot cleaner.

Keep the Vista license handy - you might want to upgrade at a later stage and will need it.

timmygunz

12-17-2007, 05:42 PM

As a business system, I would not be concerned about dual booting - just install a clean version of XP and your accounting system on top of that. It will be a lot cleaner.

Keep the Vista license handy - you might want to upgrade at a later stage and will need it.

So how exactly would she do that? What's the easiest way for her to remove Vista as simple and painless as possible? (Keep in mind she's not the most tech savvy and I'd have to talk her thru the process on the phone.)

With Mac, I just insert the DVD and choose "Erase and Install." Is there a similar way to do that on PC?

tokenuser

12-17-2007, 05:46 PM

So how exactly would she do that? What's the easiest way for her to remove Vista as simple and painless as possible? (Keep in mind she's not the most tech savvy and I'd have to talk her thru the process on the phone.)

With Mac, I just insert the DVD and choose "Erase and Install." Is there a similar way to do that on PC?Buy a copy of XP. Insert the DVD and choose "Erase and install".

PCs aren't as hard to use as Mac users would have you believe.

masherscf

12-17-2007, 05:48 PM

Buy a copy of XP. Insert the DVD and choose "Erase and install".

PCs aren't as hard to use as Mac users would have you believe.

The problems with Windows only start after it's installed.

tokenuser

12-17-2007, 06:13 PM

The problems with Windows only start after it's installed.Only if you dick around with it.

timmygunz

12-17-2007, 08:00 PM

So even with Vista installed, an XP disc will allow me to do an erase and install?

tokenuser

12-17-2007, 08:38 PM

So even with Vista installed, an XP disc will allow me to do an erase and install?Yes. The discs are bootable.

darknessgp

12-18-2007, 03:50 AM

Buy a copy of XP. Insert the DVD and choose "Erase and install".

PCs aren't as hard to use as Mac users would have you believe.

... I have to say it. Macs are PCs. And I don't think anyone thinks that PCs are hard to use.