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    looking to get windows 7 on new t400

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by maluskeeter, Mar 31, 2009.

  1. maluskeeter

    maluskeeter Notebook Consultant

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    i have a t400 on the way, coming with Vista. I wanted to get Windows 7 right when i open up the laptop. do you recommend it? i've heard that the fingerprint reader doesnt work but there seems to be a lot of people running it on here

    do i download it from some website? or what do you suggest?

    thanks
     
    maluskeeter, Mar 31, 2009
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    asdfTT123 Notebook Geek

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    I'm running Windows 7 on both my X61s and X200s and it works very well for the most part. If your T400 has BT, make sure to enable the BT radio before installing W7 or it will be a pain to get it to work. W7 on Thinkpads is extremely snappy (esp x64) and I would go far enough to say that it's developed enough to use as your primary OS. I do have issues getting some Thinkpad utils and drivers to work though. You might have better compatibility with x86 depending on the driver but for the most part they work well for me. I wish I could comment on battery life but I haven't used these machines in Vista enough to come up with a comparison.
     
    asdfTT123, Mar 31, 2009
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  3. CSHawkeye81

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    Sweet, I am trying to decide between a W500 and a T400 myself and plan to use windows 7.
     
    CSHawkeye81, Mar 31, 2009
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    If you have a MSDN subscription still free.
     
    philfna, Apr 1, 2009
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