The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    W700 and Windows 7 Home Media

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by gbporkpie, Feb 25, 2010.

  1. gbporkpie

    gbporkpie Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So supposedly this model officially only supports the Professional edition of Windows 7. At least that's what I got from this thread by CrunchDude:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=427471

    My W700 that'll arrive in a couple of weeks will have a 64-bit Vista on it and I'm no longer eligible for the free upgrade. Here in Finland the Professional upgrade costs more than 100e than the Home Media upgrade, and the former includes really nothing I'd benefit from so I really wouldn't like to spend the extra money for nothing.

    Any experiences/info? It seems silly that the Home Media wouldn't function, it's basically the same thing, right?
     
    gbporkpie, Feb 25, 2010
    #1
  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,982
    Messages:
    34,001
    Likes Received:
    1,415
    Trophy Points:
    581
    I don't have a W700 nor have I seen one. One possibility would be to buy home premium and see if it works. If you don't like it, if it's a retail copy, you can always sell it and get pro. Personally I don't find Windows 7 to be all that better or different from Vista. You could try Vista to see if you like it and that don't cost nothing.
     
    ZaZ, Feb 25, 2010
    #2
  3. gbporkpie

    gbporkpie Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    9
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah, Home Premium. Don't know why I put Home Media up there.

    You don't find W7 to be "lighter"/more efficient/better performing on your ThinkPad?

    Also the Vista I'll have will be in German :p. Going to do some research on whether it's easy or even possible to change the language. Tips/info on this would be appreciated.
     
    gbporkpie, Feb 25, 2010
    #3