Win7 and new T400

[vince24L]

My computers going to be here in 3-4 days with vista business 64. So when i want to upgrade to win7 my computer will be not as good as one that came preuploaded with win7 OS?

[hbrocks]

see...this is what I thought!
This article states that...
"For us [system builders], we can buy the OEM editions of Windows 7, which should be hitting distributors no later than Oct. 12, and put them in the hands of our customers on Oct. 13 at the latest,"

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=64

[Renee]

Why don't you call sales and ask?
Renee

[intoflatlines]

I've heard that Lenovo will be shipping upgrade only disks. It isn't Lenovo's fault because that it was MS will be issuing.

What's an upgrade disk? Does that mean it will remove any old OS (XP or Vista) that is installed?

[hbrocks]

Maybe this is a dumb question, but what's the benefit of waiting until Lenovo preloads the OS on there, as opposed to buying it with XP/Vista preloaded and then installing Windows 7 yourself?

Anyone know how Lenovo is going to handle the upgrade to existing customers? My hopes are that they'll send out install disks so you can pretty much do a clean install of Windows 7. Am I just dreaming?

Here's your answer! (in the form of an article!)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/17207..._a_new_pc.html

[hbrocks]

Why don't you call sales and ask?
Renee

called...they have "Zero" information on when/where/how/who...(kinda what I expected!)

[intoflatlines]

So that article basically says there's no way to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 directly, without doing a clean install of Windows 7. I would be able to do a dual boot XP and Windows 7, though, right? Can I do that with what Lenovo supplies me?

[hbrocks]

So that article basically says there's no way to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 directly, without doing a clean install of Windows 7. I would be able to do a dual boot XP and Windows 7, though, right? Can I do that with what Lenovo supplies me?

I'm sure you can dual boot but unless you have required needs that only XP can handle....I don't see why you would even want to retain XP.

You may want to check the main Window's 7 post just above this one here on the Lenovo threads!

[intoflatlines]

I want to keep XP because I am used to it, and I am sure that the programs that are important to me run smoothly on it. Over time if I see that Windows 7 runs everything I need then I will probably remove the XP partition and solely use Windows 7. It's not like there are any drawbacks to dual booting, right?

[Renee]

"called...they have "Zero" information on when/where/how/who...(kinda what I expected!)"

Who on earth did you talk to? An organization should have had that information when the same organization is putting out this information.


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