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    Windows 7 on Clevo M570u / NP5760

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by calsan, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. calsan

    calsan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Having never used windows 7:

    Is there anyone successfully running windows 7 on this notebook? Is it even possible? Should I avoid windows 7 like the plague and carry on with XP?
    I have the bluetooth & wireless cards installed, but not the tv tuner.

    All opinions welcome! (be kind!) :D
     
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    Renovatio Notebook Consultant

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    I'm on Windows 7 on the M570RU-U, and have been since November 2009. I have to admit I'm not sure how much older the parts in the M570U are, but this machine has been running amazingly well.
     
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    calsan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks Renovatio
    I'm a bit (lots) worried that I'd pay for the system then find out the drivers don't work.
    I use the SD card reader and the infra red and it's easy to imagine that these would get broken....

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    Operating System
    MS Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3
    CPU
    Intel Core Duo T2500 @ 2.00GHz
    Yonah 65nm
    RAM
    2.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
    Motherboard
    Clevo Co. CAPELL VALLEY(NAPA) CRB (U2E1)
    Graphics
    Default Monitor @ 1920x1200
    512MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M (CLEVO/KAPOK Computer)

    Hard Drive
    488GB Seagate ST9500325AS (SATA)

    Optical Drives
    PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16
    Audio
    Realtek High Definition Audio
     
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  4. Renovatio

    Renovatio Notebook Consultant

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    You should be pretty good, maybe stick to the 32 Bit version?

    Try downloading the trial of Windows 7 from THIS THREAD and see how it suits you. You can test it for up to 4 months.

    I haven't tried the IR myself, but I have been able to get a driver for it through Windows Update. The card reader works well. You'll even get good Win 7 friendly drivers for the Fingerprint reader if you use it.
     
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    calsan Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's great news about windows update having drivers. I think I will take the plunge soon.
    .....I might try a test run installation on an external disk so that if it all goes pear shaped, I don't loose my XP installation. :)
     
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