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    T400 OS Poll

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BinkNR, Sep 14, 2008.

  1. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    With x64 OSs becoming more popular, I’m curious. What OS are you running on your new, sexy yet “boring” business-class notebook?
     
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    Vista x64 with a XP virtual machine for some applications.
     
    JaLooNz, Sep 14, 2008
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    On a separate drive, I installed the latest Leopard (OS 10.5.4), but there are no drivers for LAN, WiFi or even the integrated video, which is expected.
     
    danskim, Sep 14, 2008
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  4. sp00n

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    windows xp x86.
     
    sp00n, Sep 14, 2008
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    dual boot?
     
    keltix, Sep 14, 2008
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    But your poll doesn't even differentiate between 32-bit linux and 64-bit linux!
     
    TheSpoon, Sep 14, 2008
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    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Yup.

    Please lengthen your message to at least %1$s characters.
     
    BinkNR, Sep 14, 2008
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    True—I should have probably reflected this. Then again, I figured anyone using a UNIX-like OS would be running AMD64 anyway.
     
    BinkNR, Sep 14, 2008
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    Why not have a choice with Win 2008 32bit. The software compatibility is better than the 64bit and it also revcognizes more than 4 gig of ram.
     
    assisterah, Sep 14, 2008
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    32 bit of any OS will not recognize all 4GB of memory. it's a 32 bit architecture limitation, not an OS limitation.
     
    sp00n, Sep 14, 2008
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    It’s nice to see about 45 percent of us using an x64 operating system…
     
    BinkNR, Sep 15, 2008
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