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    Warranty/OS upgrades

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MattB85, Apr 22, 2008.

  1. MattB85

    MattB85 Notebook Evangelist

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    I found a T61p with the features I want (Penryn, SXGA+) brand new from a reseller (since Lenovo has dropped the SXGA+ screen I can't buy it direct). However, it has two things that I don't want: Windows XP and a 3-year warranty. Is there any way to upgrade this to Vista Business 64 without buying it from Microsoft, and is it possible to upgrade the warranty to a 4-year Thinkpad protection warranty?
     
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You have to buy a license...no pirated copy talk here, and I don't recommend that anyway. Stick with XP until you need to upgrade, and save yourself the hassle.

    You can ask Levono CS about the warranty extension, and if they say yes then they should be able to point you to a "part" to purchase.
     
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    I didn't mean to imply that I wanted to pirate Windows Vista. I was more thinking along the lines of a discounted OEM upgrade along the lines of the "express upgrades" that were offered when Vista first came out.
     
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