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    x60 shipped today!!!

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Lowfront, Dec 22, 2006.

  1. Lowfront

    Lowfront Notebook Consultant

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    Alright so my x60 is coming. Ordered on the 18th, shipped on the 22nd. Is that a record for lenovo?


    Anyways any idea how long it will take till it gets to my house. The thinkpad network card only took 2 days.

    And first thing I'm going to do is a clean install. I'll make an image of the disk for the hell of it, but clean install is a must.

    So anyone do a clean install with the x60? What drivers and programs should I download off of thinkpads site that I actually need or are very useful. Or does xp have no problem with all the hardware?
     
    Lowfront, Dec 22, 2006
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  2. Fred from NYC

    Fred from NYC Notebook Evangelist

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    Congratulations on your purchase. Doesn't Lenovo provide shipment tracking via UPS?

    This site has numerous threads about reinstalling Windows. A search should provide some answers. I have an X60s and didn't bother with a reinstall as there was virtually no bloatware to begin with. Also note that certain drivers or utility programs have to be installed in a particular sequence or they won't work properly. The Support & Downloads section on Lenovo's site offers complete documentation for your ThinkPad model.
     
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    It takes 3-4 days with UPS normal delivery. Mine was shipped on 12.19 and I got today on 12.22.06
     
    kaji, Dec 22, 2006
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    Make sure you make the recovery disks before doing the disk wipe. Make sure you have all the drivers you will need, and remember you can also do a custom restore if you want to keep the restore partition and pre desktop area.

    Congrats on the x60 also! I got a T60 but the X is so nice that I was tempted to get one of those too!
     
    The Oatman, Dec 22, 2006
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  5. Lowfront

    Lowfront Notebook Consultant

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    Ya well first thing I'll do is ghost the drive. But I'm defiantly doing a clean install because my main os is ubuntu.

    So I need to install drivers in a certain way, could someone maybe link to some documentation on that?
     
    Lowfront, Dec 22, 2006
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    Lowfront Notebook Consultant

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    NO!!! I'm having issues in shippment


    Your package has experienced an exception.

    SHIPPER REQUESTED UPS TO ACCEPT PACKAGE AFTER 1 DAY CUT-OFF TIME AND ACCEPTS 1 DAY DELAY IN TRANSIT TIME TO DESTINATION.



    so is that just a 1 day delay?
     
    Lowfront, Dec 23, 2006
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  7. Fred from NYC

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    That's not a problem. I got the same message when my notebook was shipped. By today (December 25) it should already be on the way.
     
    Fred from NYC, Dec 25, 2006
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  8. Lowfront

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    To arrive today...I'm a little excited haha


    LINKSYS WRT54GL
    EVGA 7800 GT

    and my x60!!!
     
    Lowfront, Dec 26, 2006
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