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    Another Vista upgrade question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Stony, Mar 30, 2007.

  1. Stony

    Stony Newbie

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    Hi,

    I bought a T60 last December with XP Home. I decided to check out the Vista upgrade and I'm up to the part where you order Vista from Moduslink. I only see the 32-bit versions of Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium available in the order page.

    This is pretty disappointing to me. I was looking forward to being able to take advantage of the 64-bit capable chip that I bought. Has anyone else had this problem? Will the T60 run the 64-bit Vista?

    My T60 has the T7200 processor and ATI 1400 video adapter.

    I'm tempted to say forget Windows and try Linux. Any thoughts on getting that to work on a T60?

    tia,
     
    Stony, Mar 30, 2007
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  2. Sponsi

    Sponsi Badibade

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    Once you receive the update, you can request the 64-bit version at a small fee.
     
    Sponsi, Mar 30, 2007
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    johnny0001 Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, the T60 with c2s processor will be able to run 64 bit Vista but I can't confirm that the IBM ThinkVantage softwares will.

    64-bit will not make much of a difference for 90% of applications. It will only make video encoding and things of that nature, faster.

    In my opinion, it won't become a standard for another 6 years so I don't care right now.

    From what I understand, Vista is the last desktop OS that M$ will release in 32bit. The next Windows will be 64bit. That is when people will be forced to make the transition.
     
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  4. Stony

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    Thanks for the responses. I'll order the CD and see if I like Vista. If I can figure out how to get the 64-bit version I will order that. If I have problems I should be able to go back to XP.
     
    Stony, Mar 30, 2007
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