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buying new laptop, want to downgrade to xp pro from vista

i am going to buy a new laptop

everything comes with vista
i want xp pro.

how would i go about downgrading?

my thought:
download all drivers from manufacture website
format hard drive
install xp pro from formated hard drive

is this the best way to do this?
i want to get rid of all the extra junkware that laptops come with
but i want to make sure that the features of the graphics, touchpad, wireless work

thanks
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What brand of laptop are you going to buy? There are several manufacturers that will allow you to order the laptop with XP as a downgrade from Vista for no extra charge (e.g. Dell, Lenovo, Sony). Then you wouldn't have to format and reinstall anything.

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i was looking at Sony and Samsung. Neither offer downgrades on their site.
lenovo only offer certain models with XP Pro.
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If you can write few particular models (with hardware codes), so that we can check if there are available drivers for windows XP.
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thanks i will buy one with xp pro