No XP Downgrades For HTC Shift, Drivers Might Be A Possibility Though

The HTC Shift might be a nice and small replacement for a laptop, but its speed definitely doesn’t measure up to current laptops. Its running at 800Mhz, which is literally the bare minimum for the Windows Vista Business that it runs, which most users probably wont find too amusing.

Last year, Microsoft approved a downgrade program for Windows Vista Business and Ultimate editions. Both retail and OEM versions of Vista can be downgraded to Windows XP Professional. However, Microsoft stated that the machine’s maker must facilitate the process, mailing out XP restore discs and product keys to eligible customers.

HTC has confirmed that they are aware of the downgrade program, but unfortunately, they have no plans to offer the downgrade. The little bit of good news is that they may offer Windows XP drivers in the future, but customers would have to purchase Windows XP separately. Currently the company doesn’t supply XP drivers for the Shift, making XP a less than ideal operating system for the HTC Shift.