From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 08/25/2013 01:38 PM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >   
   >    I have an XP- PRO machine whicxh is, I think, on the verge of dying   
   > ( frequent blue screen --"a disk need to be checked" message. The   
   > disk check frequently shows files mis-filed or whatever the message   
   > means. Then I say OK and presumable it fixes them.   
   >   Also  notes  --" the machine has recovered from a serious error---"   
   > etc and sends a message to MS  etc.   
   >   So I want to get a new laptop. But they all have Win 8, which I   
   > despise (my wifw's new computer has it and I can't ctually get to the   
   > computer do do anything!   
   >     So my diotic idea -- buy a new lap top With win 8 installed ;   
   > get a new copy of Win XP on e-bay, and install it over Win 8.   
   >    Is that doable (to get a working XP machine) ?? Or is that just   
   > asking for a messed up computrer with nothing working??   
   >    Yeah I know it's dumb but Win 8 is simply not acceptable!   
   >   
      
      
      
   Very unlikely a new laptop will have drivers available for XP.   
      
   If you get Win8 a utility such as Classic Shell can easily turn of the   
   unwanted interface and give you a GUI essentially the same as Win7.   
      
   OTOH: A very new laptop may have Win8.1 on it   
      
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