Hello, I ran Microsoft Windows Ultimate Edition on a ThinkPad T43p with 2GB of RAM and a 7200RPM drive. I found it more than adequate for email, web browsing and watching or listening to streaming media.
My personal preference is for performing clean installations of Windows via Microsoft's retail discs and then installing the manufacturer's drivers and software. You may be able to perform an upgrade or multi-boot installation from Windows XP. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky At 12:23 PM 7/10/2009, you wrote:
Message: 11 Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:56:24 -0400 From: John Toliver <[email protected]> Subject: [Thinkpad] Anyone have experience with running Vista Business on a T43? To: thinkpad <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I followed the advice found on the list, and invested in a T43 as my trusty T23 finally died on me a second time, with the screen going out. I have heard that Vista has nice features for process management. I think someone mentioned it handles programs more along the lines of the completely fair scheduler (CFS) written into more recent linux kernels. I installed the upgrade advisor for Vista and it said my machine would work well with Business edition which is fine by me. I have 1GB (will be upgrading to 2GB soon) 1.86GHz (may upgrade to the 2200) etc. I have a 2669-CTO model I believe it mentioned. Wanted to know if the app was correct. Will I need to kill aero and disable a host of features to get it running reasonably well? Or have all the initial compatibility issues been worked out for systems to actually support Vista...Aero and all? Can I do a clean upgrade from XP pro? Thanks in advance for any feedback given. -- I've discovered the key to success is to never give up. You either learn the right way, or you run out of ways to do it wrong. A win/win situation!
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