Will XP work on a Qosmio G55-Q804

I just bought a G55-Q804 and it has Vista on it.
I haven't opened it and am waiting to find out if i can install XP on the system.
I went on Toshiba website and looked the model up and all the drivers are for Vista?
So I am concerned that I won't get the XP drivers for the system.
Looking forward to your input.
Thanks Nick

Just to knock the 4GB question on the head.
1/
As we all know, Windows(32bit) can only address 4GB RAM. So Windows recognises 4GB RAM.
2/
If you have 4GB RAM installed, Windows(32) will map into its 4GB space all Video RAM (e.g. 512MB) and any other device RAM.
3/
Such a system will thus see c. 3.25GB available RAM after mapping in the above mentioned devices.
4/
This leaves c. 0.75GB unused because it can;'t be addressed by Windows(32). I intend using SuperSpeed RAMDisk to make use of this additionakl RAM.
I hope all that's clear.

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