I recently got a new dell inspirion laptop. Dell said it could not install xp, that it comes with vista period.
Does anyone know if vista can be removed successfully and replaced with xp or xp pro?
I've heard some guesses, but no one with actual experience.
Borrow someone's OEM copy of Dell's XP Pro install disk. Boot off it, blow away the Vista partition and have fun.
There should be no reason at all you can't install XP (or better yet, Debian or Ubuntu) on it.