The problem is that if you don't use the IBM supplied software, you may have
a hard time getting the OS to work properly. I have recently done some
installs where I have to use the update connector to get all the drivers,
what a PITA and it takes hours.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Matthews" <[email protected]>
To: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Question about getting a new Thinkpad...
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.
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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'
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