What I meant was that each OS has a different set of trash with it, and though I've never checked, I suspect that later revisions of say XP have had new versions of things put on it, since Lenovo does add later patches to the machines over time.
Thus, the trash you have on one machine might not be the same as another model, plus the time factor. I'm no expert, but aren't "upgrades" almost by definition graftings onto a pervious Windows, as opposed to the scrub method of install? --STeve Andre' On Saturday 03 April 2010 15:38:13 Scott Matthews wrote: > But the same applies to Vista, XP, 2000, and any other preloaded OS, for as > long as I can remember -- you get a new PC with an OS and a mysterious > collection of changes to that OS -- it just seems "get a clean OS" should > be an option. > > With Vista, I think there was some trick with getting a cheap Vista upgrade > disc, and using that to perform a clean install -- is there a similar trick > with Win7? > > Thanks! > > > Not I. I'm staying away from w7 till the first service pack comes out. > > > > --STeve Andre' > > > > On Saturday 03 April 2010 15:30:28 Scott Matthews wrote: > >> Do you (or anybody else here) happen to know what comes on a Win7 > >> Thinkpad, > >> in addition to Win7? > >> > >> ie, is there a doc up on the Lenovo site that checklists how it differs > >> from a clean install? It seems rather screwy that something as > >> fundamental > >> as this is always so obfuscated, why can't "clean Win7" be a preload > >> option? Now THAT would be useful on a restore partition. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 2:20 PM > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "Scott Matthews" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Question about getting a new Thinkpad... > >> > >> > On Saturday 03 April 2010 08:51:26 Scott Matthews wrote: > >> >> In the past, whenever I purchased a new PC I would always wipe it and > >> >> perform a clean install -- as the manufacturers would always preload > >> >> various undesirable apps and other useless stuff. > >> >> > >> >> Am I correct to assume that a new Thinkpad (Win 7) will similarly > >> >> come with > >> >> this sort of stuff? > >> >> > >> >> If so, is there a "best" way to purchase a Thinkpad, presumably with > >> >> Win > >> >> 7, > >> >> and then perform a clean install? > >> >> > >> >> Thanks kindly, -Scott > >> > > >> > Everyone installs trash on their systems these days, it seems. If you > >> > run to > >> > the patch site and add stuff, then delete the crud you don't want, I > >> > don't see > >> > a need to scrub the system. You'll have to do that soon enough > >> > after you > >> > get infected. ;-) > >> > > >> > The restore partition will reinstall all the crud, so perhaps a > >> > checklist > >> > of > >> > things that want to be removed is a good idea. I hadn't thought of > >> > that. > >> > > >> > In some cases it seems to be possible to buy a thinkpad with just dos > >> > on > >> > it, at some savings. You could then get a copy of W7 and install > >> > that, but > >> > that costs more and I don't think its worth it--at least I've not seen > >> > a > >> > compelling reason for that. > >> > > >> > --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
