ASUS G Series G71Gx-A2 ... Selling my Dell M4400 and found a ASUS G Series G71Gx-A2 on Newegg.com for 00.Anyone have experience with this system?Some of m ...

darkhelmet · 11-04-2009, 12:53 PM

Selling my Dell M4400 and found a ASUS G Series G71Gx-A2 on Newegg.com for $1800.

Anyone have experience with this system?
Some of my software will not run on Win 7 64 bit - any idea how difficult it would be to downgrade, driver-wise, on this laptop to Win 7 32 bit or even Win XP Pro?

qhn · 11-04-2009, 03:19 PM

I would try instead to install XP VM under W7. There is a sticky here to show you how.

cheers ...

powerpack · 11-05-2009, 10:00 PM

Can I ask what software you are talking about? I only ask because at some point unless no alternative just replacing software can be the easiest. I do know not always true or even an option. I mean I had software that when I went from 98 to XP did not work. But not like I was going to stick with 98.

darkhelmet · 11-05-2009, 10:10 PM

One is Sandboxie - I use it for testing software before a full install and for Web browsing. It does not work on a 64 bit O/S. Outside of the extended memory allocation a 64-bit O/S offers I have no use for it so that is why I was asking if anyone had any issues with drivers running a 32 bit O/S on this laptop.

qhn · 11-06-2009, 01:37 PM

My rule of thumb is that if the system runs with 64bits, it should have no issue running under 32bits. Different OS (version) is a totally different beast

cheers ...

11-04-2009, 12:53 PM	#1
darkhelmet Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 85 Credits: 328	ASUS G Series G71Gx-A2 Selling my Dell M4400 and found a ASUS G Series G71Gx-A2 on Newegg.com for $1800. Anyone have experience with this system? Some of my software will not run on Win 7 64 bit - any idea how difficult it would be to downgrade, driver-wise, on this laptop to Win 7 32 bit or even Win XP Pro? Last edited by darkhelmet; 11-04-2009 at 12:59 PM.

11-04-2009, 03:19 PM	#2
qhn ... am invisible Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 26,702 Reviews: 9 Benchmarks: 18 Credits: 74,866	I would try instead to install XP VM under W7. There is a sticky here to show you how. cheers ... __________________ m6805@3700; SZ71WN/C ; Macbook 2ghz/4gig/250gb/superdrive; 7811FX are u Folding@Home? - Firefox Beta - MediaPortal "the" Media Centre/HTPC!

11-05-2009, 10:00 PM	#3
powerpack Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chicago Baby! Posts: 2,682 Credits: 5,350	Can I ask what software you are talking about? I only ask because at some point unless no alternative just replacing software can be the easiest. I do know not always true or even an option. I mean I had software that when I went from 98 to XP did not work. But not like I was going to stick with 98. __________________ *Going To Order* G73JH-A2 i7 720QM 1.6Ghz/HD5870 1GB/8GB RAM/2x500GB HDD's

11-06-2009, 01:37 PM	#5
qhn ... am invisible Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 26,702 Reviews: 9 Benchmarks: 18 Credits: 74,866	My rule of thumb is that if the system runs with 64bits, it should have no issue running under 32bits. Different OS (version) is a totally different beast cheers ... __________________ m6805@3700; SZ71WN/C ; Macbook 2ghz/4gig/250gb/superdrive; 7811FX are u Folding@Home? - Firefox Beta - MediaPortal "the" Media Centre/HTPC!

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11-05-2009, 10:10 PM	#4
darkhelmet Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 85 Credits: 328	One is Sandboxie - I use it for testing software before a full install and for Web browsing. It does not work on a 64 bit O/S. Outside of the extended memory allocation a 64-bit O/S offers I have no use for it so that is why I was asking if anyone had any issues with drivers running a 32 bit O/S on this laptop.

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