If you are referring to the standard Vista installation, there is no amount of tweaking that will make it run as fast as XP, its just not possible. Even super computers running XP outperform Vista every time. I have a number of games that run perfectly with XP with this hardware, the same games crawl on Vista!
Its outrageous that Microsoft wont allow their cheaper AND faster operating system to come preinstalled with new computers. Sure Vista is more user friendly than XP but this doesnt amount to much when I am not getting to most out of the equipment that I paid for because of their marketing strategy, which in the short term can only benefit Microsoft.
Having read a number of articles online, it is clear that many people are having problems with their sound on this laptop who are trying to run XP. Anyone had any luck installing HD Audio drivers with their XP installation on the Amilo Li1705 and any workarounds for the 'We cant find HD Audio Device' message?